Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 19:31:50 +0700 From: Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: CVS removal from the base Message-ID: <CADe0-4=8z%2BpFAem83xMkYXYZCgCt9r_tX64he5Vx95OkAJqtFQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111202115446.GB25963@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <CADe0-4kEJsj5pe6h4ZVPGg-hFEjE7oC4Ya8VO7sdW9W3WZiajg@mail.gmail.com> <20111202115446.GB25963@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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Peter, On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> wrote: > On 2011-Dec-02 16:27:34 +0700, Max Khon <fjoe@samodelkin.net> wrote: >>I know that it is too early to speak about this, but I would like the >>dust in the mailing lists to settle down before real actions can be >>taken. > > I'd agree that it's still too early. > >>As soon as ports/ (and doc/) are moved to SVN I do not see any >>compelling reasons for keeping CVS in the base system. > > There's more to it than just converting the repo from CVS to SVN - > the "official" distribution and build systems have to be converted > as well. I presumed that "make release" will use svn for doing ports/doc checkouts after repos are converted. > The official build system for RELENG_8 remains CVS and > (AFAIK) the "official" repo distribution system remains CVS-based > (csup/cvsup) because there's no suitable SVN-based equivalent. I am not suggesting to change anything in RELENG_9 or even RELENG_8. And csup/cvsup != cvs. > IMHO, if those issues can be resolved in the near future then it > might be possible to deprecate CVS before 9.1 and remove it in 10 but > I suspect removal in 11 is a more realistic timeframe. Max
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