Re: Draft release notes for v1.5.3, as of -rc1

[Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>]

Hi,

On Sat, 14 Jul 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > It is really unfortunate that rewrite-commits came in so late in the 
> > release cycle, and I am quite sure it should not be in 1.5.3.  There is 
> > just too much new in it, and too many things to flesh out.
> >
> > Junio, if you want to include it in 1.5.3, it should be marked as alpha 
> > code, as it has not seen any time in "next", let alone "master".
> 
> I am not considering rewrite-commits for inclusion right now.

Fair enough.

> I was hoping that filter-branch will stay.  Its interface is something 
> people are already familiar with since the days of its its older 
> incarnation cg-admin-rewritehist, and it would be really really nice 
> that anything that attempts to replace it builds on and extends its 
> external interface.
> 
> Maybe rewrite-commits can be used to delegate the implementation of 
> heavy lifting from filter-branch?  IOW can the latter be just a thin 
> wrapper around the former?

That is a very good idea.

Ciao,
Dscho