From: Derrick Stolee Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:41:55 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] sparse-checkout: add 'clean' command Message-ID: <7bc3e3ba-872d-4c03-a032-7b6a6251daf8@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: On 8/29/25 5:03 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Junio C Hamano writes: > >> Elijah Newren writes: >> >>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM Junio C Hamano wrote: >>>> >>>> This seems to have a few comments that haven't been responded to >>>> (plus a "This step looks good to me" or two). Can we get it unstuck >>>> soonish? The topic is from mid July and I do not like to hold topics >>>> in 'seen' for longer than a month without any activity. >>> >>> Stolee built this series on top of Ayush's topic to avoid conflicts >>> for you, and he said >>> (https://lore.kernel.org/git/c3c0fbef-f395-4972-8352-dd89af6799d5@gmail.com/) >>> that since you marked this as blocking on Ayush's topic, he didn't >>> want to update until that topic moved. >>> >>> Do you want to instead kick Ayush's topic out and have Stolee rebase >>> to no longer be on top of Ayush's, and have Ayush rebase anything he >>> might do on top of Stolee's work? (See also Ayush's recent update at >>> https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAE7as+ZpEwiNsDAozoZXqHRLOF3+hT++uo=mzZqEvTPovQN9uw@mail.gmail.com/) >> >> It really depends on how unstable the base topic would be, but I >> know Stolee is better than building his stuff on unusably unstable >> crap, and that was the reason why I thought that updating this topic >> on top of the same base would allow us to move forward faster, as it >> would mean that everything would hopefully be ready _UNLESS_ the >> change that needs to be made to the base topic is so extensive that >> the topic on top would also need heavy updates _again_ once an >> update to the base topic comes. > > (Sorry, but sent before finishing). > > Yes, it may be simpler to kick out a stalled topic and give it a > fresh restart when it becomes ready. If Derrick wants to go that > route, I am totally fine with that. I'll see how things go this coming week as I page this series back into my active work. If Ayush resubmits before I get to it, then I won't be upset. Thanks, -Stolee