Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] t/helper/simple-ipc: convert test-simple-ipc to use start_bg_command

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Nov 9, 2021, 23:34 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqee7ozyx4.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2111092358240.54@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> I fear that it is a bit late in the -rc cycle to try to get this into the
> official v2.34.0. Adam, since you are the maintainer of the Cygwin git
> package, would you mind incorporating this patch into Cygwin's version of
> Git?

I do not mind taking a Cygwin-only #ifdef block in compat/ like we see below from folks who have stake in Cygwin, and who are clearly leading Cygwin users on the list, like Ramsay and Adam are, even after I tag -rc2.

I cannot give the change any better test than they can, and it is their platform to improve, or break by accident while trying to do so.

Thanks.

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