Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Al Viro <viro@hera.kernel.org> wrote:
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 11:57:56AM +0300, Felipe Contreras wrote:
>>
>>> The masses should forget about the git-foo form. If you push people
>>> into using git-foo then you are not following git guidelines; you
>>> would be pushing your own agenda.
>>
>> Egads...  For sarcasm it's far too heavy-handed and if that's for real...
>> What's next, verbal diarrhea about Diluting the Message(tm)?
>
> Sorry, I guess I should have made it clearer.
>
> I haven't made my mind about git-foo vs "git foo", but a decision has
> been made to deprecate git-foo, and allow it as an option for the
> people that really want to use it, right?
>
> So there must have been a reason to deprecate git-foo, if people keep
> using git-foo, and distributions keep allowing it, what's the point of
> deprecation? It's ok if they keep that usage to themselves, like
> 'alias ll = ls -l', but it's not something to assume everybody uses.
>
> So either we take back the decision and keep discussing if it's a good
> idea to deprecate git-foo, or we go forward and discourage git-foo
> completely.
>
> Anything in the middle would just confuse people more, and wouldn't
> achieve the purpose of deprecation.
>
> If some script is relying on git-foo, and it has been deprecated, it
> should be fixed.