Re: [PATCH 0/2] [RFC] Switch default merge backend from recursive to ort

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > It would make sense to me to do the switch in 'next' early in the
> > post-v2.33 cycle. It can cook there for a bit, but I think we have found
> > that it's much more likely to see actual use once it hits 'master'. So I
> > don't see a particular reason to have it sit in 'next' for a long time.
> > We should get as much exposure in 'master' during the v2.34 cycle as
> > possible.
> 
> I do not mind queuing what is available today to 'next' to gain 2
> more weeks of dogfood time during the pre-release freeze.  If an
> simple escape hatch that lets us say "anytime we ask ort, use
> recursive instead as an emergency measure" can be added with a
> trivially obvious small patch, that would be a plus.