Patrick Steinhardt <ps@xxxxxx> writes: > hasn't really worked like that in the past. I think though that we have > outgrown the old concept of "contrib/" for quite a while already, and > that it doesn't really work well in its current form. The ecosystem > around Git has grown big enough that we don't want to and cannot host it > as part of Git itself anymore, so that original need has gone away. Yes. Thanks for saying this again---I think I said something along the line from time to time for the past 10 years ;-). The ecosystem is mature enough that we no longer have to ship "batteries included" manner to make the initial end-user experience of Git tolerable. > If this is something that the project can agree on I'm happy to rewrite > "contrib/README" accordingly. Maybe I should even do it without having > any consent yet so that it can serve as a starting point for discussion. Yeah, the latter is a good attitude to see. It is way easier for everybody involved what the issues are if we have something to base our discussion on. Thanks.