On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 06:46:08PM -0400, Jeff King wrote: >> I agree. Maybe just stick with the original patch? > > OK. Why don't we live with that for now, then. The only advantage of the > "999" trickery is that it's less likely to come up again. If it doesn't, > then we're happy. If it does, then we can always switch then.
I think switching the 4 to 9 (which you already brought up in this thread) is a good idea. It makes accidental conflicts less likely (it's rare to use so many file descriptors) and is easy to implement. Regards Simon -- + privacy is necessary + using gnupg http://gnupg.org + public key id: 0x92FEFDB7E44C32F9
