From: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Ben Peart <peartben@gmail.com>,
git@vger.kernel.org, pclouds@gmail.com,
Ben Peart <benpeart@microsoft.com>,
jonathantanmy@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] index: offer advice for unknown index extensions
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 10:30:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87o9aizsjz.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20181121010309.GE149929@google.com>
On Wed, Nov 21 2018, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> This series has a strong smell of pushing back by the
>> toolsmiths who refuse to promptly upgrade to help their users, and
>> that is why I do not feel entirely happy with this series.
>
> Last reply, I promise. :)
>
> This sentence might have the key to the misunderstanding. Let me say
> a little more about where this showed up in the internal deployment
> here, to clarify things a little.
>
> At Google we deploy snapshots of the "next" branch approximately
> weekly so that we can find problems early before they affect a
> published release. We rely on the ability to roll back quickly when a
> problem is discovered, and we might care more about compatibility than
> some others because of that.
>
> A popular tool within Google has a bundled copy of Git (also a
> snapshot of the "next" branch, but from a few weeks prior) and when we
> deployed Git with the EOIE and IEOT extensions, users of that tool
> very quickly reported the mysterious message.
>
> That said, the maintainers of that tool did not complain at all, so
> hopefully I can allay your worries about toolsmiths pushing back.
> Once the problem reached my attention (a few days later than I would
> have liked it to), the Git team at Google knew that we could not roll
> back and were certainly alarmed about what that means about our
> ability to cope with other problems should we need to. But we were
> able to quickly update that popular tool --- no issue.
>
> Instead, we ran into a number of other users running into the same
> problem, when sharing repositories between machines using sshfs, etc.
> That, plus the aforementioned inability to roll back Git if we need
> to, meant that this was a serious issue so we quickly addressed it in
> the internal installation.
>
> In general, we haven't had much trouble getting people to use Git
> 2.19.1 or newer. So the problem here does not have to do with users
> being slow to upgrade.
>
> Instead, it's simply that upgrading Git should not cause the older,
> widely deployed version of Git to complain about the repositories it
> acts on. That's a recipe for difficult debugging situations, it can
> lead to people upgrading less quickly and reporting bugs later, and
> all in all it's a bad situation to be in. I've used tools like
> Subversion that would upgrade repositories so they are unusable by the
> previous version and experienced all of these problems.
>
> So I consider it important *to Git upstream* to handle this well in
> the Git 2.20 release. We can flip the default soon after, even as
> soon as 2.21.
>
> Moreover, I am not the only one who ran into this --- e.g. from [1],
> 2018-10-19:
>
> 17:10 <peff> jrnieder: Yes, I noticed that annoyance myself. ;)
> 17:11 <newren> Yeah, I saw that message a few times and was slightly
> annoyed as well.
>
> Now, a meta point. Throughout this discussion, I have been hoping for
> some acknowledgement of the problem --- e.g. an "I am sympathetic to
> what you are trying to do, but <X>". I wasn't able to find that, and
> that is part of what contributed to the feeling of not being heard.
>
> Thanks for your patient explanations, and hope that helps,
> Jonathan
I think it makes total sense to fix this. I had not spotted this myself
since I tend to just roll forward and only use one version of git on one
system, but fixing this makes sense.
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2018-08-23 15:41 [PATCH v1] read-cache: speed up index load through parallelization Ben Peart
2018-08-23 17:31 ` Stefan Beller
2018-08-23 19:44 ` Ben Peart
2018-08-24 18:40 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-08-28 14:53 ` Ben Peart
2018-08-23 18:06 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-23 20:33 ` Ben Peart
2018-08-24 15:37 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-08-24 15:57 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-08-24 17:28 ` Ben Peart
2018-08-25 6:44 ` [PATCH] read-cache.c: optimize reading index format v4 Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-08-27 19:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-28 19:25 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-08-28 23:54 ` Ben Peart
2018-08-29 17:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-04 16:08 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-02 13:19 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-09-02 13:19 ` [PATCH v2 1/1] read-cache.c: " Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy
2018-09-04 18:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-04 19:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-24 18:20 ` [PATCH v1] read-cache: speed up index load through parallelization Duy Nguyen
2018-08-24 18:40 ` Ben Peart
2018-08-24 19:00 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-08-24 19:57 ` Ben Peart
2018-08-29 15:25 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] " Ben Peart
2018-08-29 15:25 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] " Ben Peart
2018-08-29 17:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-29 21:35 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-03 19:16 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-08-29 15:25 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] read-cache: load cache extensions on worker thread Ben Peart
2018-08-29 17:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-08-29 21:42 ` Ben Peart
2018-08-29 22:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-03 19:21 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-03 19:27 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-08-29 15:25 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] read-cache: micro-optimize expand_name_field() to speed up V4 index parsing Ben Peart
2018-09-06 21:03 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] read-cache: speed up index load through parallelization Ben Peart
2018-09-06 21:03 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] read-cache: optimize expand_name_field() to speed up V4 index parsing Ben Peart
2018-09-06 21:03 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] eoie: add End of Index Entry (EOIE) extension Ben Peart
2018-09-07 17:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-07 20:23 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-08 6:29 ` Martin Ågren
2018-09-08 14:03 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-08 17:08 ` Martin Ågren
2018-09-06 21:03 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] read-cache: load cache extensions on a worker thread Ben Peart
2018-09-07 21:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-08 14:56 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-06 21:03 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] read-cache: speed up index load through parallelization Ben Peart
2018-09-07 4:16 ` Torsten Bögershausen
2018-09-07 13:43 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-07 17:21 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] " Junio C Hamano
2018-09-07 18:31 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-08 13:18 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-11 23:26 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] " Ben Peart
2018-09-11 23:26 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] eoie: add End of Index Entry (EOIE) extension Ben Peart
2018-09-11 23:26 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] read-cache: load cache extensions on a worker thread Ben Peart
2018-09-11 23:26 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] read-cache: speed up index load through parallelization Ben Peart
2018-09-11 23:26 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] read-cache.c: optimize reading index format v4 Ben Peart
2018-09-11 23:26 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] read-cache: clean up casting and byte decoding Ben Peart
2018-09-12 14:34 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] read-cache: speed up index load through parallelization Ben Peart
2018-09-12 16:18 ` [PATCH v5 " Ben Peart
2018-09-12 16:18 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] eoie: add End of Index Entry (EOIE) extension Ben Peart
2018-09-13 22:44 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-15 10:02 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-17 14:54 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-17 16:05 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-17 17:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-17 17:38 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-17 19:08 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-12 16:18 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] read-cache: load cache extensions on a worker thread Ben Peart
2018-09-15 10:22 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-15 10:24 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-17 16:38 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-15 16:23 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-17 17:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-17 16:26 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-17 16:45 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-17 21:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-12 16:18 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] read-cache: load cache entries on worker threads Ben Peart
2018-09-15 10:31 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-17 17:25 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-15 11:07 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-15 11:09 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-17 18:52 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-15 11:29 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-12 16:18 ` [PATCH v5 4/5] read-cache.c: optimize reading index format v4 Ben Peart
2018-09-12 16:18 ` [PATCH v5 5/5] read-cache: clean up casting and byte decoding Ben Peart
2018-09-26 19:54 ` [PATCH v6 0/7] speed up index load through parallelization Ben Peart
2018-09-26 19:54 ` [PATCH v6 1/7] read-cache.c: optimize reading index format v4 Ben Peart
2018-09-26 19:54 ` [PATCH v6 2/7] read-cache: clean up casting and byte decoding Ben Peart
2018-09-26 19:54 ` [PATCH v6 3/7] eoie: add End of Index Entry (EOIE) extension Ben Peart
2018-09-28 0:19 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-09-28 18:38 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-29 0:51 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-09-29 5:45 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-09-29 18:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-26 19:54 ` [PATCH v6 4/7] config: add new index.threads config setting Ben Peart
2018-09-28 0:26 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-09-28 13:39 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-28 17:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-09-28 19:41 ` Ben Peart
2018-09-28 20:30 ` Ramsay Jones
2018-09-28 22:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-01 13:17 ` Ben Peart
2018-10-01 15:06 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-09-26 19:54 ` [PATCH v6 5/7] read-cache: load cache extensions on a worker thread Ben Peart
2018-09-26 19:54 ` [PATCH v6 6/7] ieot: add Index Entry Offset Table (IEOT) extension Ben Peart
2018-09-26 19:54 ` [PATCH v6 7/7] read-cache: load cache entries on worker threads Ben Peart
2018-09-26 22:06 ` [PATCH v6 0/7] speed up index load through parallelization Junio C Hamano
2018-09-27 17:13 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-10-01 13:45 ` [PATCH v7 " Ben Peart
2018-10-01 13:45 ` [PATCH v7 1/7] read-cache.c: optimize reading index format v4 Ben Peart
2018-10-01 13:45 ` [PATCH v7 2/7] read-cache: clean up casting and byte decoding Ben Peart
2018-10-01 15:10 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-10-01 13:45 ` [PATCH v7 3/7] eoie: add End of Index Entry (EOIE) extension Ben Peart
2018-10-01 15:17 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-10-02 14:34 ` Ben Peart
2018-10-01 15:30 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-10-02 15:13 ` Ben Peart
2018-10-01 13:45 ` [PATCH v7 4/7] config: add new index.threads config setting Ben Peart
2018-10-01 13:45 ` [PATCH v7 5/7] read-cache: load cache extensions on a worker thread Ben Peart
2018-10-01 15:50 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-10-02 15:00 ` Ben Peart
2018-10-01 13:45 ` [PATCH v7 6/7] ieot: add Index Entry Offset Table (IEOT) extension Ben Peart
2018-10-01 16:27 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-10-02 16:34 ` Ben Peart
2018-10-02 17:02 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-10-01 13:45 ` [PATCH v7 7/7] read-cache: load cache entries on worker threads Ben Peart
2018-10-01 17:09 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-10-02 19:09 ` Ben Peart
2018-10-10 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 0/7] speed up index load through parallelization Ben Peart
2018-10-10 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 1/7] read-cache.c: optimize reading index format v4 Ben Peart
2018-10-10 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 2/7] read-cache: clean up casting and byte decoding Ben Peart
2018-10-10 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 3/7] eoie: add End of Index Entry (EOIE) extension Ben Peart
2018-10-10 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 4/7] config: add new index.threads config setting Ben Peart
2018-10-10 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 5/7] read-cache: load cache extensions on a worker thread Ben Peart
2018-10-10 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 6/7] ieot: add Index Entry Offset Table (IEOT) extension Ben Peart
2018-10-10 15:59 ` [PATCH v8 7/7] read-cache: load cache entries on worker threads Ben Peart
2018-10-19 16:11 ` Jeff King
2018-10-22 2:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-10-22 14:40 ` Ben Peart
2018-10-12 3:18 ` [PATCH v8 0/7] speed up index load through parallelization Junio C Hamano
2018-10-14 12:28 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-10-15 17:33 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-13 0:38 ` [PATCH 0/3] Avoid confusing messages from new index extensions (Re: [PATCH v8 0/7] speed up index load through parallelization) Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-13 0:39 ` [PATCH 1/3] eoie: default to not writing EOIE section Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-13 1:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-13 15:14 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-13 18:25 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-14 1:36 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-15 0:19 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-13 0:39 ` [PATCH 2/3] ieot: default to not writing IEOT section Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-13 0:58 ` Jonathan Tan
2018-11-13 1:09 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-13 1:12 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-13 15:37 ` Duy Nguyen
2018-11-13 18:09 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-13 15:22 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-13 18:18 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-13 19:15 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-13 21:08 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-14 18:09 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-15 0:05 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-14 3:05 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-20 6:09 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Avoid confusing messages from new index extensions Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-20 6:11 ` [PATCH 1/5] eoie: default to not writing EOIE section Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-20 13:06 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-20 13:21 ` SZEDER Gábor
2018-11-21 16:46 ` Jeff King
2018-11-22 0:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-20 15:01 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-20 6:12 ` [PATCH 2/5] ieot: default to not writing IEOT section Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-20 13:07 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-26 19:59 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-26 21:47 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-26 22:02 ` Stefan Beller
2018-11-27 0:50 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-20 6:12 ` [PATCH 3/5] index: do not warn about unrecognized extensions Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-20 6:14 ` [PATCH 4/5] index: make index.threads=true enable ieot and eoie Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-20 13:24 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-20 6:15 ` [PATCH 5/5] index: offer advice for unknown index extensions Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-20 9:26 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2018-11-20 13:30 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-21 0:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-21 0:39 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-21 0:44 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-21 5:01 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-21 5:04 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-21 5:15 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-21 5:31 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-21 1:03 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-21 4:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-21 4:57 ` Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-21 9:30 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason [this message]
2018-11-13 0:40 ` [PATCH 3/3] index: do not warn about unrecognized extensions Jonathan Nieder
2018-11-13 1:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-13 15:25 ` Ben Peart
2018-11-14 3:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2018-11-14 18:19 ` Ben Peart
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