From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 17:11:10 GMT
Subject: Re: [1.7.2] Please cherry-pick "upload-pack: start pack-objects before async rev-list"
Message-ID: <20110526171110.GE24931@elie>
In-Reply-To: <7voc2pxutw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

>> This server-side deadlock started being triggered by shallow clones
>> when sv.gnu.org upgraded to v1.7.2.5 a couple of months ago[1].  So it
>> might be worth thinking about how to help upgrade-averse server admins
>> to fix it.
>
> Upgrade-averse people can be fixed by keeping them closer to the tip, no?
> I don't plan to issue any more maintenance release on 1.7.2.X track beyond
> what is already released, unless there is a high priority security fix or
> something.
>
> Placing it on 1.7.4.X and newer maintenance tracks is a separate matter.

Ok, that's fine with me.  (To be clear, I was suggesting
cherry-picking to the branches but not making a release, though I
realize that would mean more time wasted the next time it is time to
make a high priority security fix.)

I'll cherry-pick it as a Debian-specific patch, which should be good
enough to get shallow clones working again on the affected servers.