From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 09 May 2014 17:44:11 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] Remove 'git archimport'
Message-ID: <xmqqlhuazw2c.fsf@gitster.dls.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <20140509055024.GB30674@dcvr.yhbt.net>

Eric Wong <normalperson@yhbt.net> writes:

> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:
>> No updates since 2010, and no tests.
>
> Who benefits from this removal?  Is this causing a maintenance
> burden for Junio?

No.  See http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/248587

>> Plus, foreign SCM tools should live out-of-tree anyway.
>
> Even if so, there ought to be a transitionary period in case there are
> any users.  We would need to warn potential users of its impending
> removal in the documentation and at runtime.

Yes.