From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:34:43 GMT Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20080827225233.GA11005@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Hi, On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Russell King wrote: > 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. So are you effectively saying that we should have asked on all the mailing list of existing and potential Git users to ask their opinions? Giggling, Dscho