Hi Prashant, > One question: with the ruleutils.c part gone, what is intended for > the back branches? A parser-side fix changes nothing for objects > already stored in a back-branch database, and I could not tell from > the v3 email whether backpatching is planned.
The ruleutils.c change (v2-0004) was the part meant for the back branches, for exactly the reason you give: a parser-side fix cannot help trees that are already stored. Tom was not concerned about those trees, given that there have been no field complaints, so I dropped it in v3. Whether v3 goes into the back branches without it, I leave to the committer. Thanks for the careful review and testing. By the way, neither of your two reviews reached my mailbox, so I read them in the archive. I suppose that is because they were posted through the CommitFest app rather than sent as mail to the list. If you reply by mail next time, I will see it sooner. Best regards, Henson
