Re: [ANNOUNCE] GIT 1.5.3

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 2, 2007, 23:28 UTC
Message-ID: <7vveasode8.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <87d4x0fzky.fsf@morpheus.local>

David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se> writes:

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> David Kågedal <davidk@lysator.liu.se> writes:
>
>> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
>>
>>> GIT v1.5.3 Release Notes
>>> ========================
>>>
>>> Updates since v1.5.2
>>> --------------------
>>>
>>> * The commit walkers other than http are officially deprecated,
>>>   but still supported for now.
>>
>> As I think I said before, this first bullet point makes no sense to
>> git users.  Only hardcore git developers know what a "commit walker
>> is", and what commit walkers exist (other than html, obviously).  How
>
> I'm not trying to make you even more confused. Make that "http",
> please. :-)

Unless you work extremely hard at it, you won't be using the local and/or ssh walkers. The entry is really meant for Porcelain writers (aka plumbing users).

It's a tricky balancing act. Not everybody is the end user who is only interested in using Porcelain. The release note for a new release somehow needs to mention changes that would affect only plumbing users as well.