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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: v1.5.4 plans
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:13:29 -0800
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Kristian H=C3=B8gsberg <krh@redhat.com> writes:

> On Mon, 2007-12-10 at 14:37 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>>  * We have a handful deprecation notices in the draft release notes,=
 but
>>    if I recall correctly, Nico wanted to add a few more.  We need to
>>    come up with a wording that is easy to understand for the end use=
rs
>>    to decide which ancient versions will be affected.
>
> Can we deprecate .git/branches?

We deprecated it from the very beginning, in the sense that we never
wrote into it ourselves, but merely tried to pay attention to what
others wrote there.  So I am open to a bullet point that officially
declares the deprecation.

But we need to come up with a removal schedule.  Say, the first feature
release after June 2008?