Re: vcs_info backports? (was: test release: 5.9.1.2-test (will be 5.9.2))

[dana <dana@xxxxxxx>]

(this was probably meant for -workers, right? sorry if not)

On Sun 5 Jul 2026, at 17:14, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> workers/51138: Does this patch meet our criteria for backporting to a
> patch release?

yeah, it sounds like that can't do much harm. i'll back-port

On Sun 5 Jul 2026, at 17:14, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> workers/51142 seems like it could easily break people's setups ("I
> upgraded and vcs_info stopped showing information from git-rebase(1)'s
> todo list"), so not proposing it.  If anything, it should perhaps be
> mentioned in 5.10's list of changes in README?

i can mention it yeah

On Sun 5 Jul 2026, at 17:14, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> workers/51144+51146... Not sure.

me either, i know nothing about stg and not much more about vcs_info. i
guess i lean towards being conservative with it but if you think it'll
solve more problems than it creates maybe it's fine

On Sun 5 Jul 2026, at 17:14, Daniel Shahaf wrote:
> If I've missed the 5.9.2 release train then please consider the
> questions for 5.9.3, should there be one (even if not soon).

i was going to release today but i've decided to delay a couple of days,
maybe even a week. there are some more fixes (like 54909) i'd like to go
in, and although i'd rather not do another test release we should at
least give time for review

dana