Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins
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- Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
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- Aug 27, 2008, 00:17 UTC
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- <20080827001705.GG23698@parisc-linux.org>
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 01:39:30PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> When I hear something like what David Woodhouse said in this thread, I > should be feeling "People -- those of you who claimed to be the silent > majority -- see, I told you so! This is a very bad move". > > But I can't. People who complain _now_ just annoy me even more. Why > weren't you defending the backward compatibility with me, which you seem > to value it so much, perhaps even more than I did back then? Why are you > wasting our time bringing it up again, instead of joining the discussion > when it _mattered_ back then?
We didn't know the conversation was going on. Why should we? We only use the tool, not develop it. I'm also not on the mailing lists for mutt, vim, gcc, binutils, openssh, grep, xchat, mozilla, gnome, xpdf or any of the dozens of other programs I use on a daily basis.
-- Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre "Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such a retrograde step."