On Jan 14, 2008, at 8:30 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@zib.de> writes:
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>> Do you see a chance to have safecrlf in 1.5.4.1?
>
> By definition of 'maint', 1.5.4.X are to fix bugs in the
> features that are in 1.5.4, so the answer is no.

I expected this answer.


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> But we could end up having a short cycle for 1.5.5 if we agree
> that the lack of crlf=safe is a severe bug that is worth fixing
> post 1.5.4.
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> Currently I am not convinced that the lack of crlf=safe is a
> severe and urgent bug worth "fixing" for 1.5.4.  I see it as a
> new feature, a different variant of crlf behaviour we will be
> introducing for audience who are not satisfied with existing the
> crlf variants.


So I should try harder to find better arguments.  But this has
time until the 1.5.4 release is out.  For now, I am being quiet.

(Well, I'll continue to improve the safecrlf patch and most
likely will send it to the list, too.  But I don't expect to find
it anywhere in your repo before 1.5.4.)

	Steffen
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