Re: [PATCH v5 00/27] Prepare the sequencer for the upcoming rebase -i patches

On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 10:11 AM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:

There isn't enough time to include this topic in the upcoming
release within the current https://tinyurl.com/gitCal calendar,
however, which places the final on Nov 11th.

I am wondering if it makes sense to delay 2.11 by moving the final
by 4 weeks to Dec 9th.

Thoughts?

Speaking of what to and not to include in the upcoming release, we
do want to include Stefan's off-by-one fix to the submodule-helper,
but that is blocked on Windows end due to the test.

I'd be happy either way, i.e. we could revert that fix and make a release?
AFAICT, Windows only has broken tests, not broken functionality with that
submodule bug fix.

I think
everybody agreed that a longer time "right thing to do" fix is to
address the "when base is /path/to/dir/., where is ../sub relative
to it?" issue, but if we are to do so, it would need a longer
gestation period once it hits 'next', as it can affect the current
users and we may even need B/C notes in the release notes for the
change.  Giving ourselves a few more weeks of breathing room would
help us to make sure the fix to relative URL issue is sound, too.

If we want a longer gestation period, we'd ideally merge it to master
just after a release, such that we "cook" it in master without having
it in any release (we had a similar discussion for the diff heuristics IIRC).

So please don't let the release schedule depend on my ability to deliver a
proper patch for the submodule path issue.

Thanks,
Stefan