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Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.6.4.rc1

From
Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
Date
Jul 19, 2009, 14:45 UTC
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<20090719234500.6117@nanako3.lavabit.com>
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Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
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> I wrote that side note after googling around and found that many users
> outside git community wondering what a strange way to announce a new
> feature it was, and I think they are right.  I stupidly said that we
> should tone the message neutral, because we might want to change the
> default in the future but we are still not committed.  But the end result
> is just a confusing advertisement of an optional feature.
>
> I actually think that the right course of action at this point is this
> patch instead.  We keep the default, we do not annoy the users, and people
> who want to use a non-default configuration can use the feature.

An alternative approach could be to rewrite the message to say that we will change the default to something other than 'matching' as the first step, and then apply Finn Arne's patch as the second step to really force people to choose, because I thought the plan was to switch the default to something other than the matching. But apparently I misremembered. I googled and found nobody explaining that this message is a preparatory step for such transition. The only reactions I found were the ones that said this is a strange way to advertize a new feature. I think you are correct, and I think your patch is the right way forward.

-- 
Nanako Shiraishi
http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/
Previous: Junio C Hamano
Message 19 of 19 in “[ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.6.4.rc1”
  1. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2009
  2. Tommy NordgrenJul 16, 2009
  3. Mike RalphsonJul 16, 2009
  4. Tommy NordgrenJul 17, 2009
  5. Jeff GarzikJul 16, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2009
  7. Jeff GarzikJul 16, 2009
  8. Jeff GarzikJul 16, 2009
  9. Felipe BalbiJul 16, 2009
  10. Jeff GarzikJul 16, 2009
  11. Felipe BalbiJul 16, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2009
  13. Jeff GarzikJul 16, 2009
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 16, 2009
  15. Jeff GarzikJul 16, 2009
  16. [ANNOUNCE] Re: GIT 1.6.4.rc1Nicolas Sebrecht, Jul 16, 2009
  17. Nanako ShiraishiJul 18, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoJul 19, 2009
  19. Nanako ShiraishiJul 19, 2009

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