Ben Harshbarger

Do we not have a way of detecting that ``git`` is totally unavailable, such that we can say that directly? To me, these messages suggest that the sub-command of ``git``...

Thanks for this report! We're planning on going over and updating mason documentation in the near-ish future, and we'll make sure to address this case.

> What was the idea behind that requirement? It can be a nice-to-have info, but I am not sure if it's strictly needed for anything. Does mason rely on it?...

I think you're absolutely right about the ``listDir`` being wrong. We'll take a look.

I think you're looking in the right place. In particular, I think that branch pertains to working with a local repository and package, rather than trying to add something to...

> Vass noted a BHarsh proposal to move distribution information into the type I just want to clarify that it wasn't my intention to suggest that we move ``dmapped``-related stuff...

The main concern I have about the keyword ``mapped`` is the potential for new users to conflate this keyword with the more abstract concept of "mapping" in other languages. A...

Docs for JSON, ChplFormat, and ObjectSerialization: https://github.com/chapel-lang/chapel/pull/25774

This came up in #27861 where the current behavior was replicated in dyno. If we decide to change this in the future, it will be much easier to do so...