Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 07:03:10 -0700 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] remove GNU rcs from FreeBSD 12 Message-ID: <20160911140310.GJ1100@albert.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <20160911133804.a7j7p3x2viqzcpec@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> References: <20160911133804.a7j7p3x2viqzcpec@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net>
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--cN519qCC4CN1mUcX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 03:38:04PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > ... > For long we are planning to remove GNU rcs from base, after a failed atte= mpt > before FreeBSD 10.0. Let see where we are to be able to remove it from Fr= eeBSD > 12. >=20 > GNU rcs is a GPLv2 software with newer version being GPLv3 preventing any > updates/fixes. Err... yeah. :-/ I was using RCS before it was GPLed.... :-( > From previous discussions there were issues that has been raised in previ= ous > attempts: > ... > - people uses rcs to handle configuration files in /etc for example. for = those > multiple compatible alternatives are available in ports: > * rcs57: a copy of the latest version of GNU rcs in base before removal > (GPLv2) > * rcs: latest GNU rcs version (GPLv3) Right; I'm one of those (folks who use RCS for local config files and the like). As well as Web pages, xfig files.... > I haven't gone the direction of importing OpenRCS (BSD licensed version f= rom > OpenBSD) as it needs way more work to be 100% compatible with latest vers= ion of > GNU rcs. Hmm.... If there were a FreeBSD port for OpenRCS, I'd be interested in poking at it.... I'm not even at all sure that I need "100% compatib[ility]" with any version of a GPLed RCS. (Indeed; I may not *want* such compatibility....) > How to proceed: > - First turn off GNU rcs by default for a couple of month. > - Totally remove GNU rcs if no blockers has been raised. > .... OK; warning received. :-} Thanks.... Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Those who would murder in the name of God or prophet are blasphemous coward= s. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --cN519qCC4CN1mUcX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQF8BAEBCgBmBQJX1WQdXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRDQ0I3Q0VGOTE3QTgwMUY0MzA2NEQ3N0Ix NTM5Q0M0MEEwNDlFRTE3AAoJEBU5zECgSe4X6zwIAMylehSG1y+aiWAGway9T+hl 64WniMM9l3T1GJv166hS2cCqCb7kBDejNKr3TUnalwjmmuZCEybXuEpqG/E92r+F s/yV/+Gb9Z6V25fcLUVSepCmPOHmDG0G7bBeUI2TV6R0RvZzv8HzzbxaheRfUW+S o8LKeicyAwpm5qG0YGvMi1nvNHrLwvrv/pdAoom7T0kDls0iQQvcL3jFksRKQ8NT RfyjL+FVVhWbW3E/3DoF18pFiZH4Apr+vT0Njx/K5CMcHi5V04C7inlpDaNt05Dg /BCdkmx0FCyZc58Kde/mg7CGhif43k5y18OiV0SGuP7l70M2uGA7ieB33txkPbc= =mK5z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cN519qCC4CN1mUcX--
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