Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2013 20:26:16 -0500 From: Joe Altman <freebsd@chthonixia.net> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: removing CVS in Handbook Updating and Upgrading chapter Message-ID: <20130128012616.GA6831@whisperer.chthonixia.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301271232560.9759@wonkity.com> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301241510470.86451@wonkity.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1301251321400.9389@multics.mit.edu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301251154450.5025@wonkity.com> <1359241802-3572135.75152325.fr0QN9mrI032137@rs149.luxsci.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301261808410.2537@wonkity.com> <1359270722-3962523.11114096.fr0R7BNq4003267@rs149.luxsci.com> <20130127072036.GL1423@glenbarber.us> <1359272102-5757022.21162222.fr0R7YAiH011169@rs149.luxsci.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301271232560.9759@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 01:15:52PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > > Say we leave CVS references in this chapter, and CVS for source goes > away in (for example) six months. Anyone who starts using CVS in that > time will be forced to switch. And they would be justifiably upset, > because they were offered an option that was going away. As a user, not a developer nor a contributor, I agree. Don't send anyone down the wrong path. There is just no reason for that. > My personal feeling is that continuing to suggest CVS for -STABLE or > -CURRENT, even with a deprecation warning, is a disservice to those > users. Yep. And though I cannot find it now, I would have sworn blind that there was an EOL in the handbook. Sometime in February this year? As a user, I urge that the doc team not leave this hanging. If the project does not intend to support it, then bite the bullet now not later. Joehome | help
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