On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 11:47 PM Eric Sunshine <sunsh...@sunshineco.com> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 6, 2018 at 6:36 PM Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> wrote: > > * pw/rebase-i-author-script-fix (2018-08-02) 2 commits > > - sequencer: fix quoting in write_author_script > > - sequencer: handle errors in read_author_ident() > > (this branch uses es/rebase-i-author-script-fix.) > > > > Undecided. > > Is it the list consensus to favor this "with extra code, read the > > script written by bad writer" approach? > > Phillip's original "effectively one-liner" backward compatibility[1] > seemed a reasonable compromise[2] between the choices of no backward > compatibility and heavyweight backward compatibility of his > re-roll[3]. His reference[4] to an earlier "one-liner" backward > compatibility solution given similar circumstances bolstered the case > for his original approach.
To summarize, I think Phillip is planning to re-roll, going with the simpler backward-compatibility (though he was waiting an "okay" from you[2]). [2]: https://public-inbox.org/git/455fafb5-3c92-4348-0c2c-0a4ab62cf...@talktalk.net/
