Re: r1631686 - remove tools/client-side/showchange.pl

Stefan Sperling wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:07:48PM +0100, Julian Foad wrote:
>>  Stefan Sperling wrote:
>>> * tools/client-side/showchange.pl: Remove. The same functionality can be
>>>    obtained natively with 'svn log --diff'.
>>
>>  I thought we treated our 'tools' as permanently supported, subject
>> to more or less the same back-compat rules as the core stuff. Do we not?
>
> Perhaps. I'm not sure exactly what promises we make here.
>
> But this particular script is a trivial one and it wasn't even installed by
> make install-tools. I doubt it is still relevant, and don't think it's really
> worth arguing about. The built-in alternative is clearly superior.

OK, that's a good enough rationale for me. Thanks!

- Julian
Received on 2014-10-16 16:49:29 CEST