Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> wrote: > Back in the olden days, when all objects were loose and rubber boots were > made out of wood, it made sense to try to share (immutable) objects > between repositories. > > Ever since the arrival of pack files, it is but an anachronism. > > Let's move the script to the contrib/examples/ directory and no longer > offer it.
On the other hand, we have no idea if there are still people using it for whatever reason... I suggest we have a deprecation period where: 1) there is warning message when it's run 2) a note in the manpage indicating it's to-be-removed 3) ...then wait a few distro LTS cycles to remove it entirely
