Re: [PATCH 0/4] remote-hg: more improvements

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 9, 2014, 00:23 UTC
Message-ID: <536c20084d92e_741a161d31094@nysa.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <536c15cf8594b_6f3bb152ecb@nysa.notmuch>

Felipe Contreras wrote:

> Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> > I do not see a strong reason to move it out of contrib, either.
> 
> Really? So why did you say this?[2]
> 
> > > Either way, I think if things go well, remote-hg will prove it's
> > > worth and move out of contrib and into git's core.
> > 
> > That was what you promised when we started carrying it in contrib/; I
> > am still hoping to see it happen when it matures.
> 
> Jeff said the same thing when he was acting as maintainer[3], and you
> didn't correct him:
> 
> > I would one day like to have it as part of the main distribution, too,
> > but it would be nice to prove its worth in the field for a while
> > first.
> 
> All this time I've been operating under the impression that once
> git-remote-hg proved itself, it would graduate out of contrib.
> 
> So basically you tricked me, and I wasted insane amounts of time chasing
> a target that was impossible to reach.

Even contrib/README says so:

  I expect that things that start their life in the contrib/ area
  to graduate out of contrib/ once they mature, either by becoming
  projects on their own, or moving to the toplevel directory.  On
  the other hand, I expect I'll be proposing removal of disused
  and inactive ones from time to time.

-- 
Felipe Contreras