From: Nick Andrew <nick@nick-andrew.net>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2008 02:23:25 GMT
Subject: Re: Closing the merge window for 1.6.0
Message-ID: <loom.20080720T022105-750@post.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080714124327.GL10151@machine.or.cz>

Petr Baudis <pasky <at> suse.cz> writes:

>   Upgrading to newer version, *especially* if it's over then 1.4 - 1.5
> boundary, is not something you could seriously expect Debian to do.
> At least I actually _hope_ so, as a sysadmin of a network of 40 etch
> workstations.

Perhaps Debian could add a "git1.5" package to the etch repository. That
will guarantee that no current etch users of git 1.4.4.4 will be affected,
and they can choose if they want, to install git1.5.

Nick.