From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 16:58:19 GMT
Subject: Re: [1.7.2] Please cherry-pick "upload-pack: start pack-objects before async rev-list"
Message-ID: <7voc2pxutw.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20110526064547.GA18777@elie>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

> This server-side deadlock started being triggered by shallow clones
> when sv.gnu.org upgraded to v1.7.2.5 a couple of months ago[1].  So it
> might be worth thinking about how to help upgrade-averse server admins
> to fix it.

Upgrade-averse people can be fixed by keeping them closer to the tip, no?
I don't plan to issue any more maintenance release on 1.7.2.X track beyond
what is already released, unless there is a high priority security fix or
something.

Placing it on 1.7.4.X and newer maintenance tracks is a separate matter.