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=C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Sep 24 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> ... the
>>> usage.c API, which is generally being phased out.
>>
>> That is news to me.  Any reason why you think so?
>
> Perhaps better phrased as "generally going unused where we're using
> parse-options.c", ...

Ah, if it was merely an observation of the general trend, then I
agree.  My reaction was primarily "Oh, why is somebody all of a
sudden setting a project decision unilaterally, especially when even
I do not do so very often myself?  Did I miss recent discussion that
resulted in an update to Documentation/ meant for developers?"

Thanks.