From: Martin Langhoff Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:14:47 GMT Subject: Re: Closing the merge window for 1.6.0 Message-ID: <46a038f90807142014l2c120467pe4a76b2c35a145f9@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20080714191903.GB5788@mithlond.arda.local> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 7:19 AM, Teemu Likonen wrote: >> But as the upstream, we have our own deprecation schedule. > > As Debian stable (4.0 "Etch") and its git 1.4.4.4 was mentioned I'd like > to point out that git 1.5.6 is available for Etch users from > kind-of-semi-official . So I guess Debian stable > users aren't left completely behind. Git's web page already advertises > backports.org version for Etch. I concur. Users of git on Etch are using backports AFAIK. We still have the case of the "casual" user, who does not know much about git, but installs it to clone & review a project's code. There, if v1.4.4 complains with a useful message, the casual user will swear a bit and grab a backport. If it dies a horrible uninformative death, then we will get bogus bug reports, flamage, the works. cheers, m -- martin.langhoff@gmail.com martin@laptop.org -- School Server Architect - ask interesting questions - don't get distracted with shiny stuff - working code first - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/User:Martinlanghoff