On 04/05, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Brandon, > > On Tue, 4 Apr 2017, Brandon Williams wrote: > > > I'm all for seeing a patch like this applied. I agree that we can't > > expect the world to be running the most up-to-date version of curl but > > we should be able to select some "oldest" version we will support which > > can be bumped up every couple of years. > > > > I mean, ensuring that you are running with an up-to-date version of curl > > is really important when it comes to all of the security fixes that have > > been made in each revision. > > I am not in the business of dictating to others what software they have to > run. I am in the business of maintaining Git for Windows. And part of that > job is to drag along code that is maybe not the most elegant, but works. > > The patch in question resolves such a wart. Sure, it would be a cleanup. > Is it a huge maintenance burden to keep those few #ifdef's, though? > Absolutely not.
haha, very true. Of course I'm stating my opinion based on my limited experience and work environment. -- Brandon Williams
