Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins

> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 06:17:05PM -0600, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 01:39:30PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > > When I hear something like what David Woodhouse said in this thread, I
> > > should be feeling "People -- those of you who claimed to be the silent
> > > majority -- see, I told you so!  This is a very bad move".
> > > 
> > > But I can't.  People who complain _now_ just annoy me even more.  Why
> > > weren't you defending the backward compatibility with me, which you seem
> > > to value it so much, perhaps even more than I did back then?  Why are you
> > > wasting our time bringing it up again, instead of joining the discussion
> > > when it _mattered_ back then?
> > 
> > We didn't know the conversation was going on.  Why should we?  We only
> > use the tool, not develop it.  I'm also not on the mailing lists for
> > mutt, vim, gcc, binutils, openssh, grep, xchat, mozilla, gnome, xpdf or
> > any of the dozens of other programs I use on a daily basis.
> 
> Well said Matthew, as a git _user_ I completely agree.