Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> writes: > ... However, I > decided to delay the release for a couple of days, for a couple of > reasons: > > - I expect an update of the Git Credential Manager in the next few days. > > - OpenSSL is slated to receive critical updates on Tuesday and I plan to > incorporate these into Git for Windows' next version, too. > > I will also use version 2.8.2 as an excuse to ship with support for the > extra HTTP headers configured via `http.extraheader`, which I hoped to > get into Git v2.8.2, too, because I'd like the feature to be available on > Linux and MacOSX, too.
I am not sure if a new feature should go to the maintenance tracks. > In short: the tentative release date of Git for Windows v2.8.2 is > Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016. Thanks. I do not think there is anything ultra-urgent in 2.8.2 relative to 2.8.1, and synchronizing your release with the need on the Windows platform side sound very sensible.
