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=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_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 264191F404 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2018 13:52:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753189AbeBINv6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:51:58 -0500 Received: from cpanel2.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.6]:58852 "EHLO cpanel2.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751090AbeBINv4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:51:56 -0500 Received: from 69-196-158-250.dsl.teksavvy.com ([69.196.158.250]:43924 helo=android-a172fe96dd584b41) by cpanel2.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ek95n-000734-Fb; Fri, 09 Feb 2018 08:51:55 -0500 Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 08:51:53 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@android-a172fe96dd584b41 To: Todd Zullinger cc: Git Mailing list Subject: Re: categorization, documentation and packaging of "git core" commands In-Reply-To: <20180207211830.GO1427@zaya.teonanacatl.net> Message-ID: References: <20180207172902.GL1427@zaya.teonanacatl.net> <20180207211830.GO1427@zaya.teonanacatl.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (LFD 202 2017-01-01) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel2.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel2.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel2.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 7 Feb 2018, Todd Zullinger wrote: > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > not to belabour this (and i'm sure it's *way* too late for that), > > but fedora has the following packaging scheme. first, there's a > > bunch of stuff in "git-core", which has no dependencies on any > > other git-related packages. > > The split in Fedora between git and git-core is done to minimize the > dependencies required for a minimal git install. The initial reason > was to to allow installing the git-core package on systems, in > containers, etc. without requiring perl and its various dependencies > to be installed. > > The name git-core was not chosen to imply any official status as > core versus contrib from upstream. ... snip ... oh, i understand completely (i particularly like that fedora supports a "git-extras" package with loads of cool stuff). remember that this all started when i pointed out that, over at https://git-scm.com/doc, there is a link entitled "Reference Manual" (https://git-scm.com/docs) that assures the reader, "The official and comprehensive man pages that are included in the Git package itself", so it's just a matter of someone deciding what *exactly* corresponds to "the Git package itself" to make sure all relevant man pages can be found there. just being pedantic, as is my wont. rday