Re: New release?

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Jun 6, 2006, 12:42 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0606061439500.28953@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <7virnevath.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Hi,

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, 5 Jun 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> >>          - letting fetch-pack ask for an arbitrary commit object the
> >>            user obtained out of band (Eric W Biederman) -- waiting for
> >>            updated patch.  We would need a corresponding one-liner patch
> >>            to upload-pack when we do this.
> >> 
> >> This can wait.
> >
> > I think that this could be an important step towards a sensible "shallow 
> > clone"...
> 
> I did not say we are not interested in doing this ever.

I was not trying to make a case to wait with 1.4.0...

> Also, what you talk about the "lazy clone" is a lot more involved than 
> what Eric wanted to have.

A little more involved. And I wanted to know what people think about this way to tackle shallow clones.

Ciao, Dscho