From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andi Kleen Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:43:41 +0200 Message-ID: <20080825124341.GD26610@one.firstfloor.org> References: <7vprnzt7d5.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> <1219664940.9583.42.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org, users@kernel.org To: David Woodhouse X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Aug 25 14:43:09 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KXbOw-0003Sm-Qx for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:42:31 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756082AbYHYMlX (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:41:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756065AbYHYMlX (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:41:23 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:34853 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756003AbYHYMlW (ORCPT ); Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:41:22 -0400 Received: by one.firstfloor.org (Postfix, from userid 503) id 9A7141AD0020; Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:43:41 +0200 (CEST) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1219664940.9583.42.camel@pmac.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: > (C) Just don't do it. Leave the git-foo commands as they were. They > weren't actually hurting anyone, and you don't actually _gain_ > anything by removing them. For those occasional nutters who > _really_ care about the size of /usr/bin, give them the _option_ > of a 'make install' without installing the aliases. (Ca) Only leave the widely used commands in $PATH and remove the ones which are mostly used by internal scripts only. -Andi