From: Petr Baudis Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:10:58 GMT Subject: Re: [RFCv3 1/2] gitweb: add patch view Message-ID: <20081206131058.GB10491@machine.or.cz> In-Reply-To: On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 02:01:09PM +0100, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote: > On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:46 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Some things, like sitewide default css changes, cannot be made disabled > > by default. But a new feature can easily be kept disabled by default not > > to cause needless surprises. > > In the eternal war between making feature easily available and not > disturbing the user too much between upgrades, I'm more on the 'making > available' field, especially when the features are not particularly > invasive (e.g., the patch view only adds one single link, on the > navigation bar, and only in some views). > > It should also be noted that if the sysadmin deploys a new software > version without telling its users, there's an obvious communication > problem between the sysadmin and its users, but that's not something > the tool developers should try to work around. Otherwise we'd still be > offering the dash version of the commands by default. I feel exactly the same. Acked-by: Petr Baudis Same goes for the patches, I haven't had time to examine them in detail but the general shape looks fine.