linux-kernel - Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.27.0-rc1

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Date:   Wed, 20 May 2020 15:31:56 -0400
From:   Jeff King <peff@...f.net>
To:     Junio C Hamano <gitster@...ox.com>
Cc:     git@...r.kernel.org, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        git-packagers@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.27.0-rc1

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 12:17:11PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Git 2.27 Release Notes (draft)
> ==============================
> 
> Updates since v2.26
> -------------------
> 
> Backward compatibility notes

Is it worth mentioning here the reversion of v2 as the default protocol?

It does end up (along with the actual code fix) in the "fixes from
v2.26" section:

>  * Those fetching over protocol v2 from linux-next and other kernel
>    repositories are reporting that v2 often fetches way too much than
>    needed.
>    (merge 11c7f2a30b jn/demote-proto2-from-default later to maint).
> 
>  * The upload-pack protocol v2 gave up too early before finding a
>    common ancestor, resulting in a wasteful fetch from a fork of a
>    project.  This has been corrected to match the behaviour of v0
>    protocol.
>    (merge 2f0a093dd6 jt/v2-fetch-nego-fix later to maint).

but that's somewhat buried. I dunno. It is not likely to introduce _new_
compatibility issues, but perhaps folks looking into compatibility stuff
may want to know about the revert.

-Peff