Re: metastore

> david@lang.hm writes:
> 
> >> Post-checkout trigger is something I can say I can live with
> >> without looking at the actual patch, but that does not mean it
> >> would be a better approach at all.
> >
> > we agree on this much at least :-)
> >
> >> I would not be able to answer the first question right now; that
> >> needs a patch to prove that it can be done with a well contained
> >> set of changes that results in a maintainable code.
> >
> > you cannot answer the question in the affirmitive, but you could say
> > that any changes in that area would be completely unacceptable to you
> > (and for a while it sounded like you were saying exactly that). in
> > which case any effort put into preparing patches would be a waste of
> > time
> 
> I tend to disagree.  It's far from a waste of time.  While, as I
> said, I am skeptical that such a patch would be small impact, if
> it helps people's needs, somebody will pick it up and carry
> forward, even if that somebody is not me.  It can then mature
> out of tree and later could be merged.  We simply do not know
> unless somebody tries.  And I am quite happy that you seem to be
> motivated enough to see how it goes.