From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Aidan Van Dyk Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:24:20 -0400 Message-ID: <20080829162420.GB20629@yugib.highrise.ca> References: <7BC51BEC-E230-48C5-BD3E-2CECE3C7FC98@cs.indiana.edu> <20080828195211.GA3545@mithlond.arda.local> <4B9831F7-3CB8-49CB-A1DB-111481A271FE@cs.indiana.edu> <20080828212346.GA27867@coredump.intra.peff.net> <1C144B19-DA21-4CB4-B872-C1F154B031CF@cs.indiana.edu> <20080828215907.GE27867@coredump.intra.peff.net> <3DE083DB-ADFF-45E7-B3EB-A76985941271@cs.indiana.edu> <881C17DA-2FE2-49A7-A4A9-FACA7720599C@cs.indiana.edu> <20080829152451.GA20629@yugib.highrise.ca> <94a0d4530808290911j32bf5ee0q869dfe39483297f8@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="QTprm0S8XgL7H0Dt" Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Felipe Contreras X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Aug 29 18:25:35 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 1KZ6mt-00060c-Rr for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:25:28 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756806AbYH2QYW (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:24:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756754AbYH2QYW (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:24:22 -0400 Received: from yugib.highrise.ca ([205.150.199.213]:38678 "EHLO yugib.highrise.ca" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756223AbYH2QYV (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:24:21 -0400 Received: from localhost (yugib.highrise.ca [205.150.199.213]) by yugib.highrise.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1651111E39; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:24:20 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <94a0d4530808290911j32bf5ee0q869dfe39483297f8@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: --QTprm0S8XgL7H0Dt Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline * Felipe Contreras [080829 12:11]: > On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Aidan Van Dyk wrote: > > * Perry Wagle [080801 00:00]: > >> Jeff King has convinced me that it's perfectly legitimate to introduce > >> non-upward compatibilities in minor version releases of "young" > >> software. > > > > This is the gist of the problem. You keep hammering about a > > "non-upwards compatibilities in minor version releases", yet you have > > *not* pointed out one such in-compatibility in a minor version release.. > > > > Remember, in git, 1.6 is a "major version" release, with release notes, etc. > > 1.5.X is a "minor version" release. > > 1.5.X.Y is a "patch" release. > > What is X (2.0)? X would be a digit, like 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9, as in the git 1.5 releases: 1.5.0 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3 1.5.4 1.5.4 1.5.6 And now also: 1.6.0, being the first of the 1.6 releases... a. -- Aidan Van Dyk Create like a god, aidan@highrise.ca command like a king, http://www.highrise.ca/ work like a slave. --QTprm0S8XgL7H0Dt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIuCK0uVxNPsxNPScRAm/tAJ984CWsH72b/TEQbrWBj/xzL9q54QCePXyW oA6MDzqmod1HzxDHCz0j0A4= =CVPf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --QTprm0S8XgL7H0Dt--