Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 14:01:09 +0000 (UTC) From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strip FreeBSD a bit Message-ID: <bisv35$1kjl$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> References: <3F5193E2.8060805@carebears.mine.nu> <3F5193E2.8060805@carebears.mine.nu> <5.0.2.1.1.20030830235954.02dd9620@popserver.sfu.ca> <20030831073046.GA76521@titan.klemm.apsfilter.org>
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Andreas Klemm <andreas@freebsd.org> wrote: > rewrite cvsup and portupgrade in C or C++, then I think these tools > could go in. This is actually happening, sort of, for cvsup. Masahide Maekawa has created cvsync (ports/net/cvsync), a designated replacement for cvsup, written in plain C, with POSIX threads as the only noteworthy requirement. So far cvsync still misses checkout mode, but otherwise it already provides equivalent functionality to cvsup. It isn't compatible with cvsup, though. I don't expect FreeBSD users to flock to cvsync anytime soon, since FreeBSD has an extensive cvsup infrastructure and hardly anybody runs FreeBSD on a platform where cvsup isn't available. There is more pressure in the NetBSD and OpenBSD camps, where cvsup is not very entrenched and availability across a wide range of platforms is a significant concern. Once cvsync is feature complete and development settles down, I expect a push to import it into the respective base systems. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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