Re: [PATCH] RelNotes: mention known crasher when ssh signing with OpenSSH 8.7

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 10, 2021, 21:39 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqczn7y9kh.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20211110093912.4382-1-carenas@gmail.com>

Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón  <carenas@gmail.com> writes:

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> As discussed[1] earlier, make sure there are no surprises when ssh-keygen
> crashes on some users of OpenSSH 8.7 that are trying ssh signing.
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqsfycs21q.fsf@gitster.g/
>
> Signed-off-by: Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón <carenas@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
> index effab2ea4b..54dcc7240d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.34.0.txt
> @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Backward compatibility notes
>  
>   * The "--preserve-merges" option of "git rebase" has been removed.
>  
> + * The upcoming ssh signing feature is broken if used together with
> +   OpenSSH 8.7, avoid using it if you cannot update to OpenSSH 8.8
> +   (or stay at 8.6)

That may be correct, but it is NOT a backward compatibility note.