Re: [PATCH v3] send-email: prompt-dependent exit codes
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Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenhagen@gmx.de>
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- Aug 8, 2023, 19:11 UTC
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On Tue, Aug 08, 2023 at 09:08:56AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>This behaviour change is, even among Git developers, not a bugfix but >is a new feature that not everybody would want to be subjected to. >
that's debatable, depending on one's expectations. at the very least it's an enabler for bugfixes.
>It always is the safest to make such a backward incompatible change a >strictly opt-in feature. >
well, yes. the question is whether we expect non-trivial problems arising from imposing it on unsuspecting users. and given that there is an (opportunity) cost of having it opt-in only, there is a trade-off. my gut feeling is that having it always-on is probably better.
regards