Re: Renaming "non-contrib" things out of contrib/* (was "Re: [Bug] git-credential-netrc.perl[...]")

> On 25/05/21 13.51, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > I think dispelling the conception by distro people must begin with
> > an update to contrib/README where it clearly says these are
> > "contributed software" that are not part of "Git".  They are not
> > something we stand behind like what we have in the rest of the
> > source tree.
> > 
> Archlinux packagers did remove contrib/ because they don't interest
> on it [1]:

> > Right now the Arch Linux's git package does this:
> > 
> >   find contrib/ -name '.gitignore' -delete
> >   cp -a ./contrib/* "$pkgdir"/usr/share/git/
> 
> > Also, the description there is rather stale.  For example, the last
> > paragraph must go as its entirety.  The ecosystem has expanded
> > thousand-fold since the document was written, and we no longer
> > encourage people to add new things to contrib/ directory at all.  We
> > instead encourage them to write and sell their ware on their own
> > merit alone, without planning to "borrow" authority and gain undue
> > advantage over its competitors by being in the contrib/ area in our
> > tree.
> > .
> > 
> 
> So basically we should deprecate contrib/, and then after next few
> releases we proceed to remove it, right?