From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 612F9C433EF for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45BFD60EE2 for ; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:32:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234749AbhKLJfb (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2021 04:35:31 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.21]:34997 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230510AbhKLJfb (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2021 04:35:31 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1636709557; bh=kRKAfLFnHVPmsMphzKgRwFkHK4q1oKcV2coLCNvZoPY=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=W5kbyxSYEoerzFFXnPAsXYz82oc5JPT4waMujzI8V6/CJlUM+NhF7ZXmz9YJRyqAi nrlyJleATFnyFqwGc62Y8OdZQ73Za2se+QbngP93PoET4viPy4zEj8IMkW5fZdYdsd 8skwup4Z74yhP5DEl731gSrs2J2QMIuzuhYjiM+0= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from [172.27.166.205] ([89.1.212.10]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx104 [212.227.17.168]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1N8obG-1mfZH11Q2Q-015nUH; Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:32:37 +0100 Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 10:32:35 +0100 (CET) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@gitforwindows.org To: Junio C Hamano cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: js/scalar, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Nov 2021, #03; Tue, 9) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:qRs599k5dTBUGhiwHlDxBcm9T7ED0WFPDv0th2OpKsm0BCwkgDY kczr1H1FbqRgquK3O14sSQBF9mMm68yJURj3co6Rln7lEAWL1+xpSo6pO9P2hWFn2PmD69O IFO13jOUoe1aUX717gZnE5QPk4u3LbV5U0XkvczmslEKsoATumX5Eyxn6I/uuTBzvT1s7sB fDSbfHhW+UJiolRht53Lw== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:2PU6tGCC/dM=:pOJgzhZCpgTgwyG3M1NcFS J5rySeAO2t1ryackroLrU72HTJuZynwUxcFkBMIjMyXSLW768ktfPcLU8YTMePaa8uIpLWts4 CirZ2jOZsJKhKpJqZqj5axWZ8azX4evRcn7BGUIfo9Z0MYTiUkHziqd6NxM183ldWlunp5Ec6 r6vugnpaUvxfLqmFaVZgJZbkDd/d6M8/p+zv9Rt439vgsUvdTcv+7Hf/nlPNiyHOE2nAExt/N 36kBnF9SNJ+CJYQ2t2t1JKnrxmVoMq6mpyp+nHvCI+ZYW/yflLSMgPymbmGVP/WaSPkd++wCk /7RgS7CogA2iYRI8PpL3e9p7LBU7RxRCVKRWW9K9mCBl/heanUxDSqZsa187ds8a21pzILG9E Gi2X/XyKgV74dbsPMy7AMwfr5/55UOquXLmY6cI2MdsKRmtUJKSm4lbyly+Vw2hEnoUx0hicL 5Z+CaYWdtFMzOcMIyLFIYMCwOTHssTzWoPvqpKPBkGvfCStqSubORVzUbzkycCJsFMJOC6Hit 9pGVysmT9M9Ih/Hyt77BO6NwYyDkr/s8KcJvNE1xOVx65wS1j8Lj4ENhhe/lvSgaOF1m2UHd2 KbsLsZh3P5d6Abk9vW6Cg+Jj8ocodTH5P8bXqq7ZBPTH+e4zJa8El6YkNQi4Rtrmw7bE+xYm/ mEVtVHnmxkFtZSoZ+lYlSgoXHsRPo9GPIMKro5Ynqh2p7MDJfSWtTqdgO1PTOcFtxlRc7mPYd 3cAtFTKO/dsuHN34EhzuHkCeCMDlcTdNLvk14G/zVJXwM5UD6HpIlxbXpUJElDAeHL6DmAAzQ Ge2y+7C0r7bzL8duefw5u8GRaDPm+pnzVsxTYHLId+VptgJePikYnUC0ahrvRnVdhpaEM3Bz4 YtPv2AG9WrfIcvggRYHB0THhCxez10eTiN0Mcm4bOtKrU282AdQGkylX7ykMAE6npzaF7AYPG njEmQKOf8Us5Ce+IMvBBOIPoKPfajB8KEzOn+VhFAe2EpHRITAprlAJNNbzleLRsvMeJMgQiG x41b/uVKXaDEtfSNMR1TyaeFCf/ssJSD+Y0cXhfG6Igl4KKTfYkUApvT2Ihix1XXWX9p2Pab3 wQFHtWf1yX41Kw= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Junio, On Thu, 11 Nov 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Johannes Schindelin writes: > > > P.S.: The second reason is that I was uncertain as to your decision > > regarding Stolee's thread about the optimal final location for Scalar. > > Since it seems that we can actually go forward with `contrib/scalar/` > > even if you eventually decide you prefer another place, I plan on > > submitting a new iteration with adjustments for v2.34.0, after that > > release. > > When "make install" at the top-level of the tree starts installing > "scalar", I'd prefer to see it outside contrib/. That is the only > preference I can think of right now. Before that happens, if there is a > way to install it, e.g. "cd contrib/scalar && make install", as long as > it is clear that it is not yet official, I have no problems with. Okay, I will rework the patch series so that you can call `make -C contrib/scalar install`. It is a bit premature, but might help users try it out. > There is no hard rule that "git" has to be the only top-level > command the end-user interacts with. We already ship "gitk" and > "git-gui" with us, and adding "scalar" to the mix is OK. Some > people may love it, and others may hate its design choices with > passion, but that is the same for "gitk" and "git-gui" already. True. Thanks, Dscho