From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: Git.pm Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:17:50 -0700 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: git To: Subho Banerjee X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Apr 26 21:17:58 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SNUCU-0007gh-51 for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:17:58 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754915Ab2DZTRx (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:17:53 -0400 Received: from mail-fa0-f74.google.com ([209.85.161.74]:51377 "EHLO mail-fa0-f74.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754230Ab2DZTRw (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:17:52 -0400 Received: by faaa25 with SMTP id a25so1989faa.1 for ; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:17:51 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=qwF++Z13KUMSKLnwA3UgLGc2hy07KLBJ0/8H19rZBHE=; b=LFfah2tgGriKXhvEXZlujHS1yMY+LyqGO6O65kR/v3RlaPhrK0RdBThy9OUlRNeNu8 jW+aNFo3WzgxjXzL9ph/mTTlhPUiwec75NVQMHWYaNVyx6T0u5GPP5D9HzGcCd/xH0KT zPBxOVbJFd5Xd8u3/QPxoSQtIdIJ7acxO/t/dI9tTxR9e+lFs3NXNn834MSjEKQH+IkH 0lPif3DSMYHDPjApoX8Q8n+aPlz3h4xJSc6xUVeWSwheAUmQEM+LZmphiXGJqvTQKfws 1fp91xnc2L87nPd9YL++V0AwevtvgnNW3usqVbmko0KqfKvOUquuzgGL1PFgUSK52Ed2 bdPQ== Received: by 10.14.127.10 with SMTP id c10mr2413933eei.2.1335467871224; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:17:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.127.10 with SMTP id c10mr2413922eei.2.1335467871108; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:17:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hpza10.eem.corp.google.com ([74.125.121.33]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y52si3681092eef.2.2012.04.26.12.17.51 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA); Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:17:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from junio.mtv.corp.google.com (junio.mtv.corp.google.com [172.27.69.24]) by hpza10.eem.corp.google.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1E9E20004E; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:17:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by junio.mtv.corp.google.com (Postfix, from userid 110493) id 31787E125C; Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:17:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Subho Banerjee's message of "Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:45:09 +0530") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmD463IzlxD0OobIQgyjqe49kYfZ+fwLJspUgPs+6pDQWycGnpVTR2uOX9UgXzuis1rYdZV0pRJpPK0PsRrbxjpk9OfMvWnPbT75nke+T3TdxkEecd/qIk+o6yi2stoxVEIavlh6obW5kgc5M2gbkIrd6+Sn2HMnF3WkkfMw0MsZgKaR/0= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Subho Banerjee writes: > ... If some of you could give > me some of your time in terms of advice on what exactly is needed for > the module, I am willing to work over the summer to get this module > production-ready. Well, that sounds as if the module is currently not production ready, but it has been used in the wild for quite a long time. > I see in the code that it says that the API is experimental. Is > there any absolute need for backward compatibility, or can I try to > redesign the API somewhat extensively? Being experimental merely means that we do not support out of tree users; it does not mean you are allowed to break it in any way for the in-tree users.