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Re: [PATCH 2/2] mingw: remove msysGit/MSYS1 support

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jan 9, 2023, 08:52 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> It would be good to avoid over-indexing on individual person's
> preferences. While it seems to be quite common in the Git project, it is
> obvious how this harms the Git project more than e.g. focusing on users'
> needs would.
>
> A more productive line of thought would therefore be:
>
> 	MSys has long fallen behind MSYS2 in features like Unicode or
> 	x86_64 support or even security bug fixes, and is therefore no
> 	longer used by anyone in the Git developer community. The Git for
> 	Windows project itself started switching from MSys to MSYS2 early
> 	in 2015, i.e. about eight years ago. Let's drop supporting MSys as
> 	a development platform.
Nicely written.

Will expect a reroll with Acked-by: added with updated description, hopefully by the end of the week when I'll come back online?

Thanks.
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Message 8 of 16 in “Remove MSys Support”
  1. 0/2 Remove MSys SupportHarshil Jani via GitGitGadget, Dec 5, 2022
  2. 1/2 mingw: remove duplicate `USE_NED_ALLOCATOR` directiveHarshil-Jani via GitGitGadget, Dec 5, 2022
  3. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2022
  4. 2/2 mingw: remove msysGit/MSYS1 supportHarshil-Jani via GitGitGadget, Dec 5, 2022
  5. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2022
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2022
  7. Johannes SchindelinJan 9, 2023
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2023
  9. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2022
  10. Johannes SchindelinJan 9, 2023
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2023
  12. 0/2 Remove MSys SupportHarshil Jani via GitGitGadget, Feb 2, 2023
  13. 1/2 mingw: remove duplicate `USE_NED_ALLOCATOR` directiveHarshil-Jani via GitGitGadget, Feb 2, 2023
  14. 2/2 mingw: remove msysGit/MSYS1 supportHarshil-Jani via GitGitGadget, Feb 2, 2023
  15. Johannes SchindelinFeb 2, 2023
  16. Junio C HamanoFeb 2, 2023

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