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From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>
Subject: Re: svn & new pkg system
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:18:04 -0400
Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> No body has made a case for NOT including svn in the base system. If it 
> can be a port there is no reason why it can not be included in the base 
> system.

	Giorgos did when he said "Subversion is a large system, with a ton
of dependencies" which translates to a lot of work to keep it up to date in
the base system, and all sorts of fun and games when other things using
those dependencies need a newer version.

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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>