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Re: [PATCH] "not uptodate" changed to "has local changes"

From
Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
May 17, 2008, 18:44 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0805171939540.30431@racer>
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Hi,
On Sat, 17 May 2008, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
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> On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Steven Walter <stevenrwalter@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> > With this dedication to backwards-compatibility, we'll be at Windows 
> > Vista quality in no time.

That is silly at best, especially given that Vista is _not_ backwards-compatible. Not to mention that it is not forkable, because it is not Open Source.

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> I very much agree here, given the nature of scripts (that is, being very 
> easy to update), I think we should try not to be too strict in 
> backwards-compatibility or we'll lose the flexibility that is very much 
> needed when developing a Good Product (tm) As long as such compatibility 
> breaking changes are marked (in BIG LETTERS) in the changelog/release 
> notes I think that would be a 'sacrifice' we should consider making.

Had you (one of our GSoc students) not replied, I would not even have bothered to say anything.

But I strongly disagree with the notion that it is okay to fsck with old-timers (who would be harmed by breaking backwards-incompatibility, and nobody else), especially given that it is mostly old-timers who turned Git into the Good Product(tm) it is.

Ciao, Dscho

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Message 13 of 24 in “"not uptodate" changed to "has local changes"”
  1. "not uptodate" changed to "has local changes"Tim Harper, May 3, 2008
  2. Mike RalphsonMay 6, 2008
  3. André Goddard RosaMay 16, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinMay 16, 2008
  5. Holger SchurigMay 16, 2008
  6. Francis MoreauMay 16, 2008
  7. Johannes SchindelinMay 16, 2008
  8. Kevin BallardMay 16, 2008
  9. André Goddard RosaMay 17, 2008
  10. Johannes SchindelinMay 17, 2008
  11. Steven WalterMay 17, 2008
  12. Sverre RabbelierMay 17, 2008
  13. Johannes SchindelinMay 17, 2008
  14. Sverre RabbelierMay 17, 2008
  15. Re* [PATCH] "not uptodate" changed to "has local changes"Junio C Hamano, May 17, 2008
  16. Sverre RabbelierMay 17, 2008
  17. Wincent ColaiutaMay 19, 2008
  18. Junio C HamanoMay 19, 2008
  19. Sverre RabbelierMay 19, 2008
  20. Daniel BarkalowMay 19, 2008
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 21, 2008
  22. Wincent ColaiutaMay 17, 2008
  23. Matthieu MoyMay 17, 2008
  24. Sverre RabbelierMay 18, 2008

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