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Re: [PATCH/RFC] Move contents of libgit.a to lib subdirectory

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Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 20, 2011, 06:47 UTC
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Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Shawn Pearce <spearce@spearce.org> writes:
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>> ... But why is this amount of churn necessary or being
>> recommended? What problem does this address? Is that worth the pain
>> this puts on every other in-flight change that is still being
>> developed, or is already in the review pipeline?
>
> No reason and not recommended; nothing; not worth.
>
> Especially during the pre-release freeze.

It's unlikely the patch would be cooked by the time there is a release, or even in the moments of quiet after that. If this were a patch intended for immediate inclusion, the timing would be unfortunate, but for an RFC I wouldn't have expected the release timing to be very relevant.

A better thought out version of this patch, meaning timed appropriately and taking into account the comments that came up the last times the subject was discussed, would imho be a good thing. Part of thinking it through is to consider the effect on in-flight patches and to consider whether it's possible to mitigate that.

In other words, I think Shawn's questions get right to the point. I hope the above answers --- which do seem to correctly reflect the state of things in absence of such thinking --- will not dissuade someone from finding a good answer.

More prior discussion for the sort of masochistic person who wants to work on it: [1]. I admit I can imagine easier tasks. :)

Just my two cents, Jonathan

[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/165748/focus=165801
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  2. Shawn PearceJun 20, 2011
  3. Peter FoleyJun 20, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoJun 20, 2011
  5. Jonathan NiederJun 20, 2011
  6. Thiago FarinaJun 20, 2011
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