Re: [PATCH v5 3/3] Retire the scripted difftool

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Hi Junio,
> >
> > On Tue, 17 Jan 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> >
> >> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> >> 
> >> > It served its purpose, but now we have a builtin difftool. Time for the
> >> > Perl script to enjoy Florida.
> >> >
> >> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> >> > ---
> >> 
> >> The endgame makes a lot of sense.  Both in the cover letter and in
> >> the previous patch you talk about having both in the released
> >> version, so do you want this step to proceed slower than the other
> >> two?
> >
> > I did proceed that slowly. Already three Git for Windows versions have
> > been released with both.
> >
> > But I submitted this iteration with this patch, so my intent is clearly to
> > retire the Perl script.
> 
> Ok, I was mostly reacting to 2/3 while I am reading it:
> 
>     The reason: this new, experimental, builtin difftool will be shipped as
>     part of Git for Windows v2.11.0, to allow for easier large-scale
>     testing, but of course as an opt-in feature.
> 
> as there is no longer an opportunity to participate in this opt-in
> testing, unless 3/3 is special cased and delayed.