Re: When should we release Git 3.0?

> On Tue, Oct 07, 2025 at 12:27:16PM +0200, Patrick Steinhardt wrote:
> > Yeah, it's definitely my goal here to do exactly that: reach out to
> > folks and take everyone's input into account. Once we've got it, propose
> > a timeline.
> >
> > I guess as part of that initial communication with the stakeholders we
> > can also mention that the current plan is to release roughly towards the
> > end of next year, which may help to put things into perspective.
> 
> I am not sure what our proposal would be other than max(proposed_dates),
> clamped to some reasonable range that we are comfortable with so as not
> to delay the transition to use SHA-256 by default too far into the
> future.
> 
> I think a more interesting question is:
> 
>  - What do we do for implementations that do not have a roadmap, or
>    whose roadmap is too far into the future?
> 
>  - What do we do for implementations that have a roadmap, have a date
>    that is palatable to the project, but end up slipping and are unable
>    to meet that date?
> 
> I generally agree that we have to draw a line in the sand *somewhere*,
> but I don't think we should be so inflexible as to say "if you don't
> have SHA-256 done by X date, you are out of luck". Of course, if the
> amended timeline is too far beyond the initial deadline that's one case.
> But if someone is a release cycle or so behind, I think it's reasonable
> that the project should be flexible enough to accommodate that.