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Re: [RFC - draft] List of proposed future changes that are backward incompatible

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Ddavid@lang.hm <david@lang.hm>
Date
Feb 16, 2009, 15:33 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.10.0902160731420.14911@asgard.lang.hm>
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0902161121290.10279@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009, david@lang.hm wrote:
>
>> please be careful with the term 'deprecated', just becouse you would do
>> something a different way doesn't make it 'deprecated', that term should
>> only be used for features that are on their way out of the product, but
>> haven't been removed yet.
>
> It is not deprecated because I do not like it.  Actually, I am pretty
> indifferent about the pushing into a non-bare repository.
>
> It is deprecated because a lot of people active in the Git community spend
> a real lot of time explaining to a whole bunch of new users on IRC and
> recently even on this list why their pushing into a non-bare repository
> does not work, and why their suggestions how to solve the issue does not
> work either.

if it is the correct thing to do with some workloads, it's not being deprecated. if it was deprecated then it is a capability that would be scheduled for complete removal, and nobody should ever use. not just the case where it needs to be used carefully, and you are putting in a warning about it.

David Lang
Previous: Johannes SchindelinNext: Sverre Rabbelier
Message 63 of 91 in “[RFC - draft] List of proposed future changes that are backward incompatible”
  1. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  3. Jakub NarebskiFeb 15, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  5. Heikki OrsilaFeb 15, 2009
  6. disallowing push to currently checked-out branchJeff King, Feb 16, 2009
  7. david@lang.hmFeb 16, 2009
  8. david@lang.hmFeb 16, 2009
  9. Julian PhillipsFeb 16, 2009
  10. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  11. Daniel BarkalowFeb 16, 2009
  12. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2009
  13. Sergio CallegariFeb 16, 2009
  14. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  15. Sergio CallegariFeb 16, 2009
  16. Matthieu MoyFeb 16, 2009
  17. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  18. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2009
  19. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  20. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2009
  21. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  22. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2009
  23. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  24. Jay SoffianFeb 17, 2009
  25. PUSH_HEAD, was Re: disallowing push to currently checked-out branchJohannes Schindelin, Feb 17, 2009
  26. Jay SoffianFeb 17, 2009
  27. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2009
  28. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2009
  29. Jay SoffianFeb 17, 2009
  30. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2009
  31. Sergio CallegariFeb 16, 2009
  32. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  33. Jay SoffianFeb 16, 2009
  34. Sergio CallegariFeb 17, 2009
  35. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2009
  36. Sergio CallegariFeb 17, 2009
  37. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2009
  38. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2009
  39. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2009
  40. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2009
  41. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  42. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2009
  43. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2009
  44. Junio C HamanoFeb 17, 2009
  45. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2009
  46. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  47. david@lang.hmFeb 16, 2009
  48. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  49. david@lang.hmFeb 16, 2009
  50. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  51. david@lang.hmFeb 16, 2009
  52. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  53. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  54. dashed commands, was Re: disallowing push to currently checked-out branchJohannes Schindelin, Feb 16, 2009
  55. david@lang.hmFeb 15, 2009
  56. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2009
  57. Junio C HamanoFeb 15, 2009
  58. david@lang.hmFeb 16, 2009
  59. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2009
  60. david@lang.hmFeb 16, 2009
  61. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2009
  62. Johannes SchindelinFeb 16, 2009
  63. david@lang.hmFeb 16, 2009
  64. Sverre RabbelierFeb 16, 2009
  65. disallowing push to currently checked-out branchJeff King, Feb 16, 2009
  66. Sergio CallegariFeb 16, 2009
  67. Jakub NarebskiFeb 15, 2009
  68. Johannes SchindelinFeb 15, 2009
  69. Jakub NarebskiFeb 15, 2009
  70. david@lang.hmFeb 16, 2009
  71. send-email sending shallow threads by defaultJeff King, Feb 16, 2009
  72. Pieter de BieFeb 16, 2009
  73. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  74. Brian GernhardtFeb 16, 2009
  75. Wincent ColaiutaFeb 16, 2009
  76. SZEDER GáborFeb 16, 2009
  77. Martin MaresFeb 16, 2009
  78. Andreas EricssonFeb 17, 2009
  79. Martin MaresFeb 17, 2009
  80. Jeff KingFeb 17, 2009
  81. Eric W. BiedermanFeb 20, 2009
  82. Jeff KingFeb 20, 2009
  83. Eric W. BiedermanFeb 20, 2009
  84. Andreas EricssonFeb 17, 2009
  85. Sitaram ChamartyFeb 16, 2009
  86. Björn SteinbrinkFeb 16, 2009
  87. Junio C HamanoFeb 16, 2009
  88. Björn SteinbrinkFeb 16, 2009
  89. [RFC - draft #2] List of proposed future changes that are backward incompatibleJunio C Hamano, Feb 16, 2009
  90. Jeff KingFeb 16, 2009
  91. Jakub NarebskiFeb 16, 2009

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