Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:
... I think this is still the simplest model we can use
without trying to really do a topo-sort. And in many ways it's the
simplest one to explain to people too: "we try to use the oldest
reference we can find as a base for the resulting name" is not a
complex or hard concept to explain.
Yes, the more I look at Dscho's patch, the more like it exactly for
that reason. Its behaviour is very simple from the end-user's point
of view, unlike the historical one.
Hi,
[fixing Uwe's email address, as the address bounces that was recorded in
the commit introducing the flawed behavior, and I failed to check mailmap
earlier.]
On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, Junio C Hamano wrote:
Linus Torvalds [off-list ref] writes:
quoted
... I think this is still the simplest model we can use
without trying to really do a topo-sort. And in many ways it's the
simplest one to explain to people too: "we try to use the oldest
reference we can find as a base for the resulting name" is not a
complex or hard concept to explain.
Yes, the more I look at Dscho's patch, the more like it exactly for
that reason. Its behaviour is very simple from the end-user's point
of view, unlike the historical one.
Well, seeing as I introduced the bug, it's only fair that I fix it, too.
Ciao,
Dscho