Re: [PATCH 2/3] ci: update Perforce version to r23.2

> Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
> 
> > I don't think that is a good idea. If we stop installing p4, the result
> > is that _nobody_ will ever run the tests at all. The tests, and by
> > extension git-p4 itself, would start to bitrot and we wouldn't notice
> > any kind of regressions at all anymore.
> >
> > If we want to consider going down that route, I'd rather say we should
> > do it all or nothing: either we rip out git-p4 and the tests, or we
> > leave both of them in. I couldn't care less about git-p4 itself, so I
> > would not mind ripping it out altogether. But there may be users of this
> > script out there that do care, so I don't want to make that decision
> > unilaterally.
> 
> Yup, I was actually interpreting Dscho's message as advocating the
> removal of "git p4".  Such a move would certainly force people who
> do care about it to come out.  It is up to them to volunteer to help
> maintaining "git p4".
> 
> This may be a good example to discuss "support policy" not on niche
> platforms but on niche features (Emily Cc'ed).