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-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,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 C18771F5AE for ; Sun, 16 May 2021 12:58:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233466AbhEPM7Y (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 May 2021 08:59:24 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:58001 "EHLO pb-smtp1.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229888AbhEPM7X (ORCPT ); Sun, 16 May 2021 08:59:23 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89847CBCBB; Sun, 16 May 2021 08:58:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=xTT3Qx8w0m7Q SXOjGY9fp3fmwaajHESJ1iMQgx4EaZQ=; b=uQjgzNjVTZRO/sGSLwlRMy9dMQfM i2N8NqF3AXGhpYSL2xKOdhrspYefv1qOBjE7PeeiJ5gyJqLK3suipbR43Bq8zvAo J52IAiXW/wTkYnkAnTqLIv84S90OeFDthbZ+8PXV5Ueor8aC4q5KVZ4CXIT1bb83 q8GdxwhsShx6g0M= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A1D5CBCBA; Sun, 16 May 2021 08:58:08 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.74.119.39]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3FA14CBCB9; Sun, 16 May 2021 08:58:06 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Anders =?utf-8?Q?H=C3=B6ckersten?= Cc: "Bagas Sanjaya" , Anders =?utf-8?Q?H=C3=B6ckers?= =?utf-8?Q?ten?= via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] describe-doc: clarify default length of abbreviation References: <1dc7877e-adb4-e3f5-3b59-bd45f9673596@gmail.com> <8cad4c4b-a923-43f2-9bb7-6ce418cfb0fc@www.fastmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 May 2021 21:58:03 +0900 In-Reply-To: <8cad4c4b-a923-43f2-9bb7-6ce418cfb0fc@www.fastmail.com> ("Anders =?utf-8?Q?H=C3=B6ckersten=22's?= message of "Sun, 16 May 2021 14:47:49 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 5B71DDE8-B646-11EB-9904-D152C8D8090B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Anders H=C3=B6ckersten writes: > The explanation was mostly copied from the 2.11.0 release notes, > but mentioning the birtday paradox is unnecessary. I suggest > changing this sentence to: "The length of the abbreviation scales > as the repository grows using the approximate number of objects in > the repository, and by default the minimum length is 7." Heh. In my priate review, I said that I very much liked the way the new description was phrased with "a bit of math around the birthday paradox". Now I know why I liked that phrasing---it turns out to be my own ;-) I don't mind with or without mention of the birthday math. Thanks for working on this.