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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, vdye@github.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] maintenance: make unregister idempotent
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 12:31:46 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqtu4zxl25.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <bc57439a-bddc-6c1a-a51d-11498d17c206@github.com> (Derrick Stolee's message of "Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:37:47 -0400")

Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com> writes:

>> I am not sure if this is a good idea.  What is the ultimate reason
>> why we want to allow running it blindly without knowing if it is
>> necessary?  Is it because there is no easy way to tell if unregister
>> is needed in the first place?
>
> We want to leave the internal details of what it means to be
> registered as hidden to the user. They could look for the repo in
> the global config, but that seems like a hassle when they just
> want to make sure they are not currently registered. 

OK, so there is no published officially sanctioned way to ask "is
this repository under maintenance's control and cron jobs run in
it?" or "give me the list of such repositories".  

Then I can see why you want to allow users to blindly run
"unregister", with or without "--force".

But doesn't it point at a more fundamental problem?  

Is there a reason why we want to hide the list of repositories
(enlistments?) from the users?



  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-22 19:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-09-20  1:02 [PATCH] maintenance: make unregister idempotent Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-21 17:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-22 12:37   ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-22 19:31     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-09-22 19:46       ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-22 20:44         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-22 13:37 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] scalar: " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-22 13:37   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] maintenance: add 'unregister --force' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-23 13:08     ` SZEDER Gábor
2022-09-26 13:32       ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-26 15:39         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-09-26 17:25           ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-26 19:17             ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-22 13:37   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] scalar: make 'unregister' idempotent Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-26 18:48   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] scalar: make unregister idempotent Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-26 18:48     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] maintenance: add 'unregister --force' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-26 19:23       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-26 20:49         ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-26 21:55       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-27 11:38         ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-27 11:54           ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-27 13:36             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-09-27 13:55               ` Derrick Stolee
2022-09-26 18:48     ` [PATCH v3 2/3] scalar: make 'unregister' idempotent Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-26 18:48     ` [PATCH v3 3/3] gc: replace config subprocesses with API calls Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-26 19:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-27 13:56     ` [PATCH v4 0/4] scalar: make unregister idempotent Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-27 13:56       ` [PATCH v4 1/4] maintenance: add 'unregister --force' Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-27 13:56       ` [PATCH v4 2/4] scalar: make 'unregister' idempotent Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-27 13:57       ` [PATCH v4 3/4] gc: replace config subprocesses with API calls Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-27 13:57       ` [PATCH v4 4/4] string-list: document iterator behavior on NULL input Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-09-27 16:39         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-09-27 16:31       ` [PATCH v4 0/4] scalar: make unregister idempotent Junio C Hamano
2022-09-27 16:54         ` Derrick Stolee

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