From: Michael Witten <mfwitten@mit.edu>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 22:10:50 GMT
Subject: Re: Imports without Tariffs
Message-ID: <7B69C0EA-A1FB-4133-895E-AE30DBAECC11@MIT.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <20071014164001.GC27595@sigill.intra.peff.net>

On 14 Oct 2007, at 12:40:01 PM, Jeff King wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 13, 2007 at 07:04:52PM -0400, Michael Witten wrote:
>> Do I just submit the patch to this list? How do I know it will be  
>> used?
>
> Yes, send a patch to the list and to Junio (the maintainer).  See
> Documentation/SubmittingPatches for details.

Indeed! RTFM, as they say. ;-)

>> Frankly, I don't know how robust my idea is either, but it's simple
>> enough not to have many problems lurking in the shadows.
>>
>> It would certainly be more useful than not.
>
> Then submit a patch implementing it. :)

Perl. Ugh. I'll see what I can do, though it may take 1.5 weeks.

> I like the idea of git secretly infiltrating institutions,
> replacing CVS unbeknownst to management. It was the same for Linux in
> the mid-90's ("our mail server is running on what!?").

:-)

Replace CVS or Bust!