Julian Foad wrote on Thu, 17 Mar 2022 20:33 +00:00: > That's an old function. "Characteristic" previously meant the only > format supported by a given client version. We should change the word > now. What should the function return now? The newest, I think: its > callers are upgrade and checkout; essentially it is used to implement > the --bikeshed=1.15 option.
It doesn't seem to be an old function; the docstring says (in a part I snipped) it's new in 1.15. However, I don't think that changes the answer. Done in r1899004. Thanks, Julian. Daniel
