From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 2 12:31:51 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68BE3106566B for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:31:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjoe@samodelkin.net) Received: from mail-gx0-f182.google.com (mail-gx0-f182.google.com [209.85.161.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3050D8FC12 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 12:31:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggnp1 with SMTP id p1so78523ggn.13 for ; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:31:50 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.141.68 with SMTP id rm4mr2320196obb.23.1322829110438; Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:31:50 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.182.76.225 with HTTP; Fri, 2 Dec 2011 04:31:50 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [93.92.220.178] In-Reply-To: <20111202115446.GB25963@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20111202115446.GB25963@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2011 19:31:50 +0700 Message-ID: From: Max Khon To: Peter Jeremy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: CVS removal from the base X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2011 12:31:51 -0000 Peter, On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2011-Dec-02 16:27:34 +0700, Max Khon 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