Re: Deprecation/Removal schedule

Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:

Same goes for "git-am". I use "git-applymbox", and I'll happily switch to 
git-am, but I'd like somebody who knows to document the differences when 
it gets deprecated. I use "git-applymbox -u", and I guess I just should 
change that to "git-am --utf8".

True; by the way, for "am", -u is the default these days by
popular demand.  I do not offhand remember if "applymbox" got
corresponding changes (I think it did).

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* git-p4import, git-quiltimport and contrib/gitview

  These have seen almost no activity since their appearance.  It
  could be that they are already perfect and many people are
  using them happily, but I find it a bit hard to believe.

I think they're useful to keep around, if for no other reason than as 
starting points for others.

I strongly agree with the starting-points arguments.  I was
hoping to hear the list to form a consensus to move useful
starting-point examples to contrib/.