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

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Message-ID: <20200520212444.GA590699@coredump.intra.peff.net>
Date:   Wed, 20 May 2020 17:24:44 -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: Re* [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.27.0-rc1

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 01:31:30PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> The promotion in Git 2.26 was buried in the "performance &
> implementation details" section and not in the backward
> compatibility section, so it feels a bit funny to highlight the
> reversion.  In any case, here is what I prepared (but not committed
> yet)

Hmm, yeah, that does make it feel funny. I'd argue that it probably
would have been worth promoting a bit more in v2.26, but it is obviously
too late now.

> -- >8 --
> Subject: [PATCH] RelNotes: advertise the demotion of protocol v2

What you have here looks fine, but I'd be OK if we just left it as-is,
too, given the v2.26 mention.

-Peff