Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 02:17:36 +0200 From: Olli Hauer <ohauer@FreeBSD.org> To: arch@freebsd.org Cc: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>, Bryan Drewery <bryan@shatow.net> Subject: Re: Removing CVS from HEAD Message-ID: <504BE020.1070300@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <504BD9B5.20001@shatow.net> References: <CAF6rxgnZGjzm230sZXVXxmE7wPowF_BZqbwRjdvz8oV-03gS=A@mail.gmail.com> <20120908234659.GA10489@server.rulingia.com> <504BD9B5.20001@shatow.net>
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On 2012-09-09 01:50, Bryan Drewery wrote: > On 9/8/2012 6:46 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote: >> As I said before: CVS (and RCS) are both GPL-licensed tools that (as >> of 10.x) no longer serve any purpose in the base system. ... They are >> [therefore] not needed in the FreeBSD base. > > Yes please, deprecate and remove both. > CVS and RCS is really handy if you have to work on isolated machines and cannot install a modern VCS, there it is always a better fall-back then copy1/2/3 ... If it has to go I have to use the fall-back method in future :( -- Regards, olli
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