From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.7 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BACD720441 for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 01:59:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752270AbcL2B7X (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:59:23 -0500 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([104.130.231.41]:32910 "EHLO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752149AbcL2B7W (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:59:22 -0500 Received: (qmail 13079 invoked by uid 109); 29 Dec 2016 01:59:22 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 01:59:22 +0000 Received: (qmail 21157 invoked by uid 111); 29 Dec 2016 02:00:08 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:00:08 -0500 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:59:19 -0500 Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 20:59:19 -0500 From: Jeff King To: Stefan Beller Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, jvoss@altsci.com, "Aneesh Kumar K.V" Subject: Re: [PATCH] contrib: remove gitview Message-ID: <20161229015918.jyiqd42z4htjibul@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <20161228064255.f4akjdsq24r2hqn7@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20161228172837.24395-1-sbeller@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20161228172837.24395-1-sbeller@google.com> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 09:28:37AM -0800, Stefan Beller wrote: > gitview did not have meaningful contributions since 2007, which gives the > impression it is either a mature or dead project. > > In both cases we should not carry it in git.git as the README for contrib > states we only want to carry experimental things to give early exposure. > > Recently a security vulnerability was reported by Javantea, so the decision > to either fix the issue or remove the code in question becomes a bit > more urgent. > > Reported-by: Javantea > Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller > --- > contrib/gitview/gitview | 1305 ------------------------------------------- > contrib/gitview/gitview.txt | 57 -- > 2 files changed, 1362 deletions(-) > delete mode 100755 contrib/gitview/gitview > delete mode 100644 contrib/gitview/gitview.txt Thanks for assembling the patch. This seems reasonable to me, though I'd like to get an Ack from Aneesh if we can. -Peff