Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Introduce a "promisor-remote" capability

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Oct 1, 2024, 10:14 UTC
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On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 11:17:48AM +0200, Christian Couder wrote:

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> On Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 9:57 AM Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> wrote:
> > I think chipping away the problems one by one is fine. But it would be
> > nice to draw something like a "big picture" of where we eventually want
> > to end up at and how all the parts connect with each other to form a
> > viable native replacement for Git LFS.
> 
> I have tried to discuss this at the Git Merge 2022 and 2024 and
> perhaps even before that. But as you know it's difficult to make
> people agree on big projects that are not backed by patches and that
> might span over several years (especially when very few people
> actually work on them and when they might have other things to work on
> too).

Certainly true, yeah. But we did have documents in the past that outlined long-term visions in our tree, and it may help the project as a whole to better understand the long-term vision we're headed into. And by encouraging discussion up front we may be able to spot any weaknesses and address them before it is too late.

Patrick