Re: [PATCH 3/4] connect: advertise OS version

>
> Usman Akinyemi <usmanakinyemi202@gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> First of all, I mentioned "registry of canonical os-version strings"
> >> to help the users of the "Please use this string" so their server do
> >> not have to suffer from different names and spellings to identify
> >> the same class of clients.
> >>
> >> But the server operators that *want* such tighter control *and* are
> >> capable of enforcing their choice to their users are probably $CORP
> >> in-house operators.  They can tell their employees what string to
> >> use, or they may even do that in /etc/gitconfig on the machines they
> >> give to their users.  In other words, they do not need our help at
> >> all.
> >>
> >> At least that is my thought.  Others may have different opinions.
> > Hi Junio,
> >
> > Thanks for this.
> >
> > So instead of having a .format config, we should have a .string config
> > which just
> > takes a string and uses it as the value for the `os-version` capability ?
>
> Ah, sorry, I totally misread your patch.  I somehow thought you _already_
> have the "any string goes" variant implemented in the patch being reviewed.
>
> If there isn't any such thing, then my preference is add neither of
> the configuration knobs and let the system provided function give a
> not-too-specific os-version string (like "Linux").  Once people gain
> experiences with that feature, then we will learn more about what
> degree of customizability is required.
>
> Sorry for the confusion.