From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 8 01:32:24 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BC67978 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 01:32:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bright@mu.org) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29C5A2553 for ; Tue, 8 Oct 2013 01:32:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from Alfreds-MacBook-Pro-9.local (c-76-21-10-192.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [76.21.10.192]) by elvis.mu.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ED8601A3D08 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 2013 18:32:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <525360A5.8010908@mu.org> Date: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 18:32:21 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Heads Up] RCS removed from base References: <20131007150658.GA79233@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52534B5E.7010401@freebsd.org> <20131008013023.GA31261@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20131008013023.GA31261@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 01:32:24 -0000 On 10/7/13 6:30 PM, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Tue, Oct 08, 2013 at 08:01:34AM +0800, Julian Elischer wrote: >> On 10/7/13 11:06 PM, Steve Kargl wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 10:43:21PM -0400, Eitan Adler wrote: >>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>> RCS was removed from the base system in r256095. If you still want to >>>> use RCS please install either devel/rcs or devel/rcs57. If not, be >>>> sure to check out the alternatives (pun stolen and intended). >>>> >>> Perhaps, a note in src/UPDATING is appropriate? >>> >> ok so what is this, the secret cabal to make FreeBSD useless? > I'm unsure why you are using the word 'cabal' here. I have > no dog in this fight. I happen to read svn commit emails. > I simply noticed that Eitan had removed RCS, and has a service > to those that may use RCS I suggested that a note be added to > src/UPDATING. > > PS: As noted, the code is GPL. There has been an effort > to remove GPL code from FreeBSD (whether prudent or not). > That plus the age of the code is good enough reason to ditch it! huzzah! Plus we can make RCSBSD along with it. -- Alfred Perlstein