Re: import-zips

On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 12:59 AM Junio C Hamano <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Chris Packham <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > I wasn't sure if there would be any interest in taking the changes
> > back to git.git/contrib (or if the use of AI would rule that out).
> > Anyway it's there on my github page if anyone else needs it. If
> > someone wants me to turn the changes into a series for git.git I'm
> > happy to do that too.
>
> It is wonderful to hear that a piece of software that has long
> been abandonware now has someone who 'cares' much more than
> anyone who has touched the 'git.git' tree in years.
>

'Cares' is a bit strong. More like 'wanted to use it and had some
spare AI tokens'.

> I would rather remove unmaintained pieces of software from the
> 'contrib/' directory, and optionally replace them with a pointer
> to the location of a maintained fork.  So, no, I would not want
> to be a gatekeeper for that part of the 'contrib/' directory
> when I do not have a particular need, interest, or the
> expertise to properly maintain it, if I can avoid it.

Yep fair enough. I guess you can consider this a somewhat maintained
fork (as in I've updated it and used the result once). I'll see if any
other users appear.