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

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Aug 28, 2008, 16:37 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808280936300.3300@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
In-Reply-To: <94a0d4530808280634k1c23fe10q8934875c83d4a2f5@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Felipe Contreras wrote:

> 
> If the git-foo was supposed to be deprecated in 1.6.0

Itw as deprecated over a _year_ ago.

> When it becomes truly obsolete, then people can rely on git exec-dir,
> which will be disabled by default.

It _is_ obsolete, but there's a trivial compatibility thing.

Are you happy now? How hard is it to really understand?

		Linus

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