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From: "Đoàn Trần Công Danh" <congdanhqx@gmail.com>
To: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk
Cc: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
	"Lénaïc Huard" <lenaic@lhuard.fr>,
	"Git List" <git@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Derrick Stolee" <dstolee@microsoft.com>,
	"brian m . carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>,
	"Bagas Sanjaya" <bagasdotme@gmail.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] maintenance: use systemd timers on Linux
Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 22:41:46 +0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YJv3Ojt+4ZElN6JG@danh.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fbfd503b-d822-e9df-f766-cc70941fdec1@gmail.com>

On 2021-05-12 14:38:26+0100, Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, dependence on systemd should be strictly opt-in.
> > Although, I don't use systemd-based distro, so it is irrelevant to me.
> > I think it's none of Git (the project) business to decide which
> > scheduler should be given higher priority. It's crontab when
> > maintenance was introduced, it should be crontab, now.
> 
> You seem to be simultaneously arguing that git should be neutral on the
> choice of scheduler while saying it should prioritize crontab.

Yes, I'm arguing for git should be neutral on the choice of scheduler.

No, I'm not arguing for git should be prioritize crontab, I'm arguing
for "princible of least surprise" for no known break-through advantage.

FWIW, whatever default scheduler chosen won't affect me, since I don't
have systemd-timers to begin with. So ...

In addition, I was one of those people pointed out that beside
crontab, Linux users nowaday employed different schedulers [1],
and the consensus, some how, settled on crontab.

I think  we shouldn't switch away from crontab if we don't have any
compelling reasons.

> The commit
> message and cover letter list a number of difficulties with the strategy of
> prioritizing crontab over systemd when both are installed. I think we should
> aim for the solution that has the most chance of working without user
> intervention.

The solution that has the most chance of working without user
intervention is the solution that is the status quo. Promoting
systemd-timers to higher priority is a solution requires either
user intervention or our supports (which will be carried over our
lifetime).

> > Another point for eternal bikeshedding: why do we limit ourselves in
> > crontab and systemd, how about other homebrew schedulers? What should
> > we do if another scheduler raise to be the big star in the scheduler
> > world?
> 
> We should support the default scheduler on each platform - that was the rod
> we made for our own back when we decided to use the platform's scheduler
> rather than having a cross platform git maintenance daemon. It just happens
> that there are two possible default schedulers on linux so we need to
> support both of them.

As noted in [1], some home-brew solutions are very popular solutions
among those some community.
I'm not arguing that crontab or systemd-timers aren't popular.
In fact, I think they're *very* popular, I listed systemd-timers as
*first* alternative in the linked email.
I'm not against supporting both of them, I was arguing about a generic
solution.

1: https://lore.kernel.org/git/20200407005828.GC2568@danh.dev/

-- 
Danh

  reply	other threads:[~2021-05-12 17:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 138+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-05-01 14:52 [PATCH] maintenance: use systemd timers on Linux Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-01 20:02 ` brian m. carlson
2021-05-02  5:28 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-05-02  6:49   ` Eric Sunshine
2021-05-02  6:45 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-05-02 14:10   ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-05 12:19     ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-05-05 14:57       ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-05 12:01   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-09 22:34     ` Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-10 13:03       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-02 11:12 ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-05-03 12:04 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-05-09 21:32 ` [PATCH v2 0/1] " Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-09 21:32   ` [PATCH v2 1/1] " Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-10  1:20     ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-05-10  2:48       ` Eric Sunshine
2021-05-10  6:25         ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-12  0:29           ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-05-12  6:59             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-12 13:26               ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-12 13:38             ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-12 15:41               ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh [this message]
2021-05-10 18:03     ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-10 18:25       ` Eric Sunshine
2021-05-10 20:09         ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-10 20:52           ` Eric Sunshine
2021-06-08 14:55       ` Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-10 19:15     ` Martin Ågren
2021-05-11 14:50     ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-11 17:31     ` Derrick Stolee
2021-05-20 22:13   ` [PATCH v3 0/4] " Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-20 22:13     ` [PATCH v3 1/4] cache.h: rename "xdg_config_home" to "xdg_config_home_git" Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-20 23:44       ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-05-20 22:13     ` [PATCH v3 2/4] maintenance: introduce ENABLE/DISABLE for code clarity Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-20 22:13     ` [PATCH v3 3/4] maintenance: `git maintenance run` learned `--scheduler=<scheduler>` Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-21  9:52       ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-05-20 22:13     ` [PATCH v3 4/4] maintenance: optionally use systemd timers on Linux Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-21  9:59       ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-05-21 16:59         ` Derrick Stolee
2021-05-22  6:57           ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-05-23 18:36             ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-23 23:27               ` brian m. carlson
2021-05-24  1:18                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-24  7:03                 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24 15:51                   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-25  1:50                     ` Johannes Schindelin
2021-05-25 11:13                       ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-26 10:29                       ` CoC, inclusivity etc. (was "Re: [...] systemd timers on Linux") Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-26 16:05                         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-27 14:24                         ` Jeff King
2021-05-27 17:30                           ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-27 23:58                           ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-28 14:44                           ` Phillip Susi
2021-05-30 21:58                             ` Jeff King
2021-05-24 17:52                   ` [PATCH v3 4/4] maintenance: optionally use systemd timers on Linux Felipe Contreras
2021-05-24  7:15     ` [PATCH v4 0/4] add support for " Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-24  7:15       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] cache.h: Introduce a generic "xdg_config_home_for(…)" function Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-24  9:33         ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-24 12:23           ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-05-24  7:15       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] maintenance: introduce ENABLE/DISABLE for code clarity Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-24  9:41         ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-24 12:36           ` Đoàn Trần Công Danh
2021-05-25  7:18             ` Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-25  8:02               ` Junio C Hamano
2021-05-24  9:47         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24  7:15       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] maintenance: `git maintenance run` learned `--scheduler=<scheduler>` Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-24 10:12         ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-30  6:39           ` Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-30 10:16             ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-24  7:15       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] maintenance: add support for systemd timers on Linux Lénaïc Huard
2021-05-24  9:55         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-05-24 16:39           ` Eric Sunshine
2021-05-24 18:08         ` Felipe Contreras
2021-05-26 10:26         ` Phillip Wood
2021-05-24  9:04       ` [PATCH v4 0/4] " Junio C Hamano
2021-06-08 13:39       ` [PATCH v5 0/3] " Lénaïc Huard
2021-06-08 13:39         ` [PATCH v5 1/3] cache.h: Introduce a generic "xdg_config_home_for(…)" function Lénaïc Huard
2021-06-08 13:39         ` [PATCH v5 2/3] maintenance: `git maintenance run` learned `--scheduler=<scheduler>` Lénaïc Huard
2021-06-08 13:40         ` [PATCH v5 3/3] maintenance: add support for systemd timers on Linux Lénaïc Huard
2021-06-09  9:34           ` Jeff King
2021-06-09 15:01           ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-09  0:21         ` [PATCH v5 0/3] " Junio C Hamano
2021-06-09 14:54         ` Phillip Wood
2021-06-12 16:50         ` [PATCH v6 0/3] maintenance: " Lénaïc Huard
2021-06-12 16:50           ` [PATCH v6 1/3] cache.h: Introduce a generic "xdg_config_home_for(…)" function Lénaïc Huard
2021-06-12 16:50           ` [PATCH v6 2/3] maintenance: `git maintenance run` learned `--scheduler=<scheduler>` Lénaïc Huard
2021-06-14  4:36             ` Eric Sunshine
2021-06-16 18:12               ` Derrick Stolee
2021-06-17  4:11                 ` Eric Sunshine
2021-06-17 14:26               ` Phillip Wood
2021-07-02 15:04               ` Lénaïc Huard
2021-06-12 16:50           ` [PATCH v6 3/3] maintenance: add support for systemd timers on Linux Lénaïc Huard
2021-07-02 14:25           ` [PATCH v7 0/3] " Lénaïc Huard
2021-07-02 14:25             ` [PATCH v7 1/3] cache.h: Introduce a generic "xdg_config_home_for(…)" function Lénaïc Huard
2021-07-02 14:25             ` [PATCH v7 2/3] maintenance: `git maintenance run` learned `--scheduler=<scheduler>` Lénaïc Huard
2021-07-06 19:56               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-06 20:52                 ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-13  0:15                   ` Jeff King
2021-07-13  2:22                     ` Eric Sunshine
2021-07-13  3:56                       ` Jeff King
2021-07-13  5:17                         ` Eric Sunshine
2021-07-13  7:04                       ` Bagas Sanjaya
2021-07-06 21:18                 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-08-23 20:06                 ` Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-23 22:30                   ` Junio C Hamano
2021-07-02 14:25             ` [PATCH v7 3/3] maintenance: add support for systemd timers on Linux Lénaïc Huard
2021-07-06 20:03               ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-07-02 18:18             ` [PATCH v7 0/3] " Junio C Hamano
2021-07-06 13:18             ` Phillip Wood
2021-08-23 20:40             ` [PATCH v8 " Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-23 20:40               ` [PATCH v8 1/3] cache.h: Introduce a generic "xdg_config_home_for(…)" function Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-23 20:40               ` [PATCH v8 2/3] maintenance: `git maintenance run` learned `--scheduler=<scheduler>` Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-24 17:45                 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-23 20:40               ` [PATCH v8 3/3] maintenance: add support for systemd timers on Linux Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-24 17:45                 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-24 17:47               ` [PATCH v8 0/3] " Derrick Stolee
2021-08-27 21:02               ` [PATCH v9 " Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-27 21:02                 ` [PATCH v9 1/3] cache.h: Introduce a generic "xdg_config_home_for(…)" function Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-27 21:02                 ` [PATCH v9 2/3] maintenance: `git maintenance run` learned `--scheduler=<scheduler>` Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-27 23:54                   ` Ramsay Jones
2021-08-27 21:02                 ` [PATCH v9 3/3] maintenance: add support for systemd timers on Linux Lénaïc Huard
2021-09-04 20:54                 ` [PATCH v10 0/3] " Lénaïc Huard
2021-09-04 20:54                   ` [PATCH v10 1/3] cache.h: Introduce a generic "xdg_config_home_for(…)" function Lénaïc Huard
2021-09-04 20:54                   ` [PATCH v10 2/3] maintenance: `git maintenance run` learned `--scheduler=<scheduler>` Lénaïc Huard
2021-09-04 20:55                   ` [PATCH v10 3/3] maintenance: add support for systemd timers on Linux Lénaïc Huard
2021-09-07 16:48                   ` [PATCH v10 0/3] " Derrick Stolee
2021-09-08 11:44                     ` Derrick Stolee
2021-09-09  5:52                       ` Lénaïc Huard
2021-09-09 19:55                         ` Derrick Stolee
2021-09-27 12:50                           ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-09-27 21:44                             ` Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-17 17:22         ` [PATCH v5 0/3] " Derrick Stolee
2021-08-17 19:43           ` Phillip Wood
2021-08-17 20:29             ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-18  5:56           ` Lénaïc Huard
2021-08-18 13:28             ` Derrick Stolee
2021-08-18 18:23               ` Junio C Hamano

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