From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B4C21F66E for ; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 20:32:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726689AbgHRUc3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:32:29 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com ([173.228.157.53]:53422 "EHLO pb-smtp21.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725554AbgHRUc2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:32:28 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp21.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBDFDEA4C3; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:32:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=OUp+O1IoDXynDtyHiVJZT5bWiR8=; b=k0zUS7 evBa43Zw2cvSMmxTeODNJ6I00OO39+048amxe2nNmjy2wwxWZ9+pBusctitIzPj9 MeDPrrm3YUvfoP4MCEZRX+qmT0E3QiiLunhbb5b/gbdx412jdJbTpzJyqCP3TLLo WTMXN8+uxdbsQaPj808KG9Jw7R75+9NU/E2BU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=AM3pHshR/r6lHTxeIA2lIJfC12KLM3fL JbRPvML5Ox73TdCEvKOQ7jHHTw9F0WCbsomIc4WcFLkj9GJvJP0bVSrmEpRaKNe0 k1UotMx0JB5d7Ye5u9j8MhjSkqkKC8uTDEzAYBUjHiws/i5BcZZptvv/S8TV1PRK NmDwn/Qmqf0= Received: from pb-smtp21.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B45E1EA4C2; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:32:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.75.7.245]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp21.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 43F54EA4C0; Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:32:20 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jimit Bhalavat Cc: David Huseby , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPG Commit Signing Project References: <43C81FDC-611D-45A1-9525-24640FEB2E1A@rams.colostate.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2020 13:32:18 -0700 In-Reply-To: <43C81FDC-611D-45A1-9525-24640FEB2E1A@rams.colostate.edu> (Jimit Bhalavat's message of "Tue, 18 Aug 2020 12:43:45 -0600") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: EA23976E-E191-11EA-8F1F-843F439F7C89-77302942!pb-smtp21.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jimit Bhalavat writes: > Hello Junio, Sorry, I read the message twice but I am not sure what you expect out of me. We usually do not evaluate a proposal only from its "design document" in the sense that we won't say neither "such a proposal is great" or "we won't accept such a proposal" until we actually see patches. It is a good idea to have a written design as it may help reviewers when they review patch submission. > 5. All of these changes will make sure that we maintain > backwards compatibility. We are aiming to deprecate things a > little but old options will not stop working. We will > preserve existing behavior. That is always a requirement by our project so it goes without saying ;-) but it is good to see the promise written down.