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Re: Regarding the depreciation of ssh+git/git+ssh protocols

From
Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com>
Date
Mar 18, 2021, 21:53 UTC
Message-ID
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In-Reply-To
<xmqq4kh8rvy2.fsf@gitster.g>

The status quo is similarly frustrating. We have no choice but to allow these strange unofficial +git URLs to proliferate among package managers and build systems. It has already caused confusion with users, and it can only cause more the longer it remains unaddressed upstream.

There are two options:
1. We make the change, users are confused for a while, and software has
   to be updated, but the confusion gradually diminishes over time as
   the ecosystem adjusts and people learn the change.
2. We don't make the change, and the inconsistency continues to require
   special cases in new tools, with no central organization for keeping
   them consistent from one to the next, and users will continue to stub
   their toe on it indefinitely.
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Message 11 of 27 in “Regarding the depreciation of ssh+git/git+ssh protocols”
  1. Drew DeVaultMar 15, 2021
  2. Jonathan NiederMar 15, 2021
  3. Drew DeVaultMar 15, 2021
  4. brian m. carlsonMar 15, 2021
  5. Drew DeVaultMar 16, 2021
  6. Jonathan NiederMar 16, 2021
  7. Drew DeVaultMar 16, 2021
  8. Jeff KingMar 16, 2021
  9. Drew DeVaultMar 17, 2021
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 18, 2021
  11. Drew DeVaultMar 18, 2021
  12. Eli SchwartzMar 16, 2021
  13. brian m. carlsonMar 16, 2021
  14. Drew DeVaultMar 16, 2021
  15. Jeff KingMar 16, 2021
  16. Drew DeVaultMar 17, 2021
  17. Jakub NarębskiMar 17, 2021
  18. Drew DeVaultMar 17, 2021
  19. brian m. carlsonMar 17, 2021
  20. Drew DeVaultMar 18, 2021
  21. Eli SchwartzMar 16, 2021
  22. Jonathan NiederMar 17, 2021
  23. Eli SchwartzMar 31, 2021
  24. Mark LodatoApr 7, 2021
  25. Junio C HamanoApr 7, 2021
  26. Kerry, RichardApr 13, 2021
  27. Drew DeVaultMar 16, 2021

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