From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Felipe Contreras" Subject: Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:28:39 +0300 Message-ID: <94a0d4530808290928w3b1decd4o2e77349d793ffff0@mail.gmail.com> References: <7BC51BEC-E230-48C5-BD3E-2CECE3C7FC98@cs.indiana.edu> <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> <20080829162420.GB20629@yugib.highrise.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: "Aidan Van Dyk" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Fri Aug 29 18:29:55 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 1KZ6r3-0007Sx-Ud for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:29:46 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751616AbYH2Q2l (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:28:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751467AbYH2Q2l (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:28:41 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0506.google.com ([209.85.198.235]:57626 "EHLO rv-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751452AbYH2Q2k (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:28:40 -0400 Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id k40so947924rvb.1 for ; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:28:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=VGtlre1GJxwR8oxGrDdFh4mrbCj1kBAKPEl5dyyFYXg=; b=lek3LNl61vtJ3oK+IvlA87M3owyQmQQ8hv//9/aweTzQPT9is9Wwcj5w6AfyQ4vlnx Vpyuhf7DctLvlhxMfZQA97CKWoPByeKJRRxpMeWqeKAmc+/38EoYrLYhipdHxP83TXwy ircCurKKtneMmPCfsHwkelIMJh0XLhbLzA9xY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=FfszHFYVmn/BuqQQU47rSAHGCQmeZRDkyFxJJwJfJ1EC4zHOC36+IUZObjlRXM7atl iEYU04DgP/TjTGMNmfp14beRTX7wZDEEtxlfH0sis87QNmbBzXuw0zNyboWhzO8dPEWX DFGL100XhkrTCQIM9gFSlFQZnM/HkQmsnlOi4= Received: by 10.140.166.21 with SMTP id o21mr1597277rve.254.1220027319708; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:28:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.140.166.19 with HTTP; Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:28:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20080829162420.GB20629@yugib.highrise.ca> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Aidan Van Dyk wrote: > * 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... I meant 'X.0.0', if 1.X is major, what is X.0? Huge? -- Felipe Contreras