From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>,
git@vger.kernel.org,
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
users@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:17:05 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080827001705.GG23698@parisc-linux.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7vr68b8q9p.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 01:39:30PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> When I hear something like what David Woodhouse said in this thread, I
> should be feeling "People -- those of you who claimed to be the silent
> majority -- see, I told you so! This is a very bad move".
>
> But I can't. People who complain _now_ just annoy me even more. Why
> weren't you defending the backward compatibility with me, which you seem
> to value it so much, perhaps even more than I did back then? Why are you
> wasting our time bringing it up again, instead of joining the discussion
> when it _mattered_ back then?
We didn't know the conversation was going on. Why should we? We only
use the tool, not develop it. I'm also not on the mailing lists for
mutt, vim, gcc, binutils, openssh, grep, xchat, mozilla, gnome, xpdf or
any of the dozens of other programs I use on a daily basis.
--
Matthew Wilcox Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours. We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-08-27 0:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 193+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-08-24 3:33 [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Junio C Hamano
2008-08-24 4:23 ` [kernel.org users] " Linus Torvalds
2008-08-24 4:54 ` Imran M Yousuf
2008-08-24 8:40 ` Stefan Richter
2008-08-25 11:49 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-25 12:17 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-25 12:43 ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-26 3:00 ` A Large Angry SCM
2008-08-25 13:22 ` Ben Collins
2008-08-25 14:38 ` Felipe Contreras
2008-08-25 18:19 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-25 23:41 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-26 12:27 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-26 14:57 ` Jeff King
2008-08-26 15:34 ` Kristian Høgsberg
2008-08-26 15:59 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-26 16:04 ` Matthias Kestenholz
2008-08-26 16:25 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-26 16:45 ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-26 17:04 ` Jeff King
2008-08-26 17:05 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-26 17:27 ` Andi Kleen
2008-08-27 6:04 ` Ulrich Windl
2008-08-26 17:10 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-26 17:11 ` [PATCH] bash completion: Hide more plumbing commands Petr Baudis
2008-08-26 17:24 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-26 17:43 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-08-26 18:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-26 18:27 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-26 19:04 ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-08-26 19:07 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-26 19:23 ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-09-03 22:23 ` Petr Baudis
2008-09-03 22:31 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-26 17:38 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-09-03 17:56 ` Petr Baudis
2008-09-04 4:57 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-26 21:53 ` Matthieu Moy
2008-08-27 9:09 ` Karl Hasselström
2008-08-26 17:12 ` [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-26 17:16 ` Jeff King
2008-08-26 17:47 ` Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
2008-08-26 21:06 ` Willy Tarreau
2008-08-27 20:24 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-08-27 20:27 ` Jeff King
2008-08-27 20:38 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-08-27 20:53 ` Jeff King
2008-08-27 21:05 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-08-27 21:13 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-27 21:22 ` Jeff King
2008-08-27 22:29 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-27 21:23 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-27 23:49 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-08-28 6:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-08-28 7:46 ` git-show vs git-log (or: git show vs git log) Dominik Brodowski
2008-08-28 14:44 ` [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Alex Riesen
2008-08-28 5:43 ` Mike Hommey
2008-08-27 20:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-27 6:00 ` Ulrich Windl
2008-08-27 7:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-27 19:14 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-08-27 19:43 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-27 19:50 ` Jeff King
2008-08-27 19:54 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-27 20:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-27 21:19 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-27 23:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-27 23:53 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 0:05 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 9:04 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-28 10:33 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 10:42 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-28 19:56 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 10:47 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-28 16:35 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-28 19:24 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 19:52 ` Teemu Likonen
2008-08-28 20:23 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 20:44 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-28 20:57 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 21:23 ` Jeff King
2008-08-28 21:41 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 21:53 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-28 21:59 ` Jeff King
2008-08-28 22:33 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 23:04 ` Jeff King
2008-08-28 23:22 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 23:36 ` Jeff King
2008-08-28 23:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-28 23:28 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 23:30 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-28 23:41 ` git-* in test scripts (was On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins) Jeff King
2008-08-29 0:04 ` git-* in test scripts Junio C Hamano
2008-08-29 0:10 ` Jeff King
2008-08-29 7:51 ` [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Andreas Ericsson
2008-08-29 8:05 ` Matthieu Moy
2008-08-29 8:23 ` Andreas Ericsson
2008-08-29 8:27 ` Matthias Kestenholz
2008-08-29 9:02 ` Matthieu Moy
2008-08-28 23:12 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-29 15:24 ` Aidan Van Dyk
2008-08-29 16:11 ` Felipe Contreras
2008-08-29 16:24 ` Aidan Van Dyk
2008-08-29 16:28 ` Felipe Contreras
2008-08-29 16:41 ` Aidan Van Dyk
2008-08-30 8:13 ` Andreas Ericsson
2008-08-28 23:31 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-08-29 9:33 ` Wincent Colaiuta
2008-08-30 13:24 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-30 13:50 ` Teemu Likonen
2008-08-30 14:08 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-26 17:07 ` Jeff King
2008-08-26 17:42 ` Teemu Likonen
2008-08-26 16:17 ` Kristian Høgsberg
2008-08-26 16:23 ` Jean Delvare
2008-08-26 16:50 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-08-26 17:20 ` Jean Delvare
2008-08-27 7:42 ` Andreas Ericsson
2008-08-27 8:21 ` Jean Delvare
2008-08-27 15:14 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2008-08-26 20:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-27 7:42 ` Jean Delvare
2008-08-27 8:32 ` [kernel.org users] " Andreas Ericsson
2008-08-26 17:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-26 17:29 ` Bruce Stephens
2008-08-26 17:35 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-26 17:38 ` Bruce Stephens
2008-08-28 15:21 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-26 17:34 ` Takashi Iwai
2008-08-26 18:09 ` Dominik Brodowski
2008-08-26 18:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-26 18:55 ` Al Viro
2008-08-26 19:04 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-26 19:22 ` Al Viro
2008-08-26 19:11 ` Teemu Likonen
2008-08-28 15:24 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-26 21:08 ` Dominik Brodowski
2008-08-26 21:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-26 21:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-26 23:21 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-27 15:27 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-27 23:09 ` Russell King
2008-08-27 23:53 ` Stefan Richter
2008-08-28 19:19 ` Russell King
2008-08-28 20:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-28 20:30 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-08-28 20:36 ` Petr Baudis
2008-08-28 20:57 ` Stefan Richter
2008-08-28 21:05 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 1:25 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-27 0:34 ` A Large Angry SCM
2008-08-27 12:23 ` Krzysztof Halasa
2008-08-26 20:39 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-26 21:03 ` Jeff King
2008-08-27 2:24 ` Jay Soffian
2008-08-27 14:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-08-26 23:36 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-26 23:45 ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-08-28 15:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-27 0:17 ` Matthew Wilcox [this message]
2008-08-27 22:52 ` Russell King
2008-08-28 15:34 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-28 16:10 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-08-28 19:18 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-08-28 19:27 ` Matthew Wilcox
2008-08-27 23:38 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-28 0:09 ` Felipe Contreras
2008-08-28 0:44 ` Jeff Garzik
2008-08-28 7:14 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-28 8:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-08-28 8:32 ` David Woodhouse
2008-08-28 8:57 ` Felipe Contreras
2008-08-28 11:54 ` Al Viro
2008-08-28 13:15 ` Felipe Contreras
2008-08-28 13:34 ` Felipe Contreras
2008-08-28 13:45 ` Paolo Ciarrocchi
2008-08-28 16:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-28 20:42 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 23:03 ` Jakub Narebski
2008-08-28 23:14 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-28 23:45 ` Jeff King
2008-08-28 23:55 ` Perry Wagle
2008-08-29 14:12 ` Felipe Contreras
2008-08-28 14:06 ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-08-28 14:13 ` Nicolas Pitre
2008-08-28 16:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-26 2:58 ` A Large Angry SCM
2008-08-26 7:17 ` Jean Delvare
2008-08-26 11:12 ` A Large Angry SCM
2008-08-26 11:56 ` Stefan Richter
2008-08-26 21:00 ` Steven Rostedt
2008-08-26 14:28 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-08-26 14:46 ` Jeff King
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