Re: [PATCH v3] Add core.mode configuration

> "probably a minority" -- I guess that's the part I disagree with.  I'm
> not sure what a minority means here, but I don't think it'll be a
> handful of people.  How big does that number get before we get
> concerned about backlash from users if we decide to change course?
> Or, is that simply not an issue?  Why or why not?  I have to be
> honest, if the option was available, I'd have my developers turn it
> on.  I'm sure a great deal of others would do so too.
>
> Is there some other way we can solve this?  Having an experimental
> branch with all the 2.0 features merged and those concerned can just
> build that version?  I see the downside of that too: it's not as easy
> for people to try, and there is nothing preventing folks from posting
> binaries with the new behaviors enabled.  It leads me to feeling that
> we're stuck in some regard.  But maybe I'm being overly pessimistic
> here, and it's really all a non-issue.  As I said earlier, it'd be
> nice if others chimed in here.