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Re: [PATCH] Retire the `relink` command

From
EWEric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Date
Jan 25, 2017, 23:20 UTC
Message-ID
<20170125232051.GA25810@whir>
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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
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> Back in the olden days, when all objects were loose and rubber boots were
> made out of wood, it made sense to try to share (immutable) objects
> between repositories.
> 
> Ever since the arrival of pack files, it is but an anachronism.
> 
> Let's move the script to the contrib/examples/ directory and no longer
> offer it.

On the other hand, we have no idea if there are still people using it for whatever reason...

I suggest we have a deprecation period where:
1) there is warning message when it's run
2) a note in the manpage indicating it's to-be-removed
3) ...then wait a few distro LTS cycles to remove it entirely
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Message 4 of 5 in “Retire the `relink` command”
  1. Retire the `relink` commandJohannes Schindelin, Jan 25, 2017
  2. Jeff KingJan 25, 2017
  3. Junio C HamanoJan 25, 2017
  4. Eric WongJan 25, 2017
  5. Johannes SchindelinJan 26, 2017

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