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Date:      Wed, 09 Oct 2013 07:03:17 -0400
From:      George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: rcs
Message-ID:  <525537F5.1050100@m5p.com>
In-Reply-To: <525503A2.50002@beastielabs.net>
References:  <77307DF8-637D-4295-BF47-8742F1552CE8@orthanc.ca> <525503A2.50002@beastielabs.net>

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On 10/09/13 03:20, Hans Ottevanger wrote:
> On 10/08/13 04:31, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
>> Okay folks, can we make a call about keeping the RCS tools in the base?
>>
>> The proponents wanting to remove RCS need to speak up and make their technical case.
>>
>
> Technically it is quite simple: I need RCS to start versioning config
> files, even before starting any customization. I know about several
> others who do the same (and have not yet defected to Linux).
>
> I would like to see RCS to be put back into the tree for 10.0. If it
> really -has- to be victimized by the current anti-GPL crusade, it could
> be replaced by OpenRCS in 11.
>
> And as a long time hard-core user I would appreciate if this kind of
> changes were  performed only after at least -some- public discussion.
> The way this change was sneaked in (though apparently with approval of
> core@),  reminds me more of a Secret Society than of an Open Source project.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
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+1, enthusiastically.                                     -- George



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