[Python-Dev] Removing files from the repository
Serhiy Storchaka
storchaka at gmail.com
Wed Nov 29 13:26:01 EST 2017
After removing files from the repository they disappear from the source
tree, and it is even hard to notice this if you don't use it regularly.
It is hard to track the history of the removed file even if you know it
exact path. If you know it only approximate this is harder.
I think that any file removals from the repository should pass some
PEP-like process. Declaring the intention with the rationale, taking a
feedback, discussing, and finally documenting the removal. Perhaps it is
worth to track all removals in a special file, so if later you will find
that the removed file can be useful you could restore it instead of
recreating its functionality from zero in the case if you even don't
know that similar file existed.
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