Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 10:02:08 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C Message-ID: <20040708170208.GA3793@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20040708032639.GA43737@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <E1Bhd1M-000KEo-Nz@smp500.sitetronics.com> <200407062323.02854.kirk@strauser.com> <20040707043251.GA35651@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200407062345.24117.kirk@strauser.com> <20040707070012.GC38356@dragon.nuxi.com> <40EC11EB.4060804@sympatico.ca> <20040707152149.GG82302@elvis.mu.org> <20040707160745.GA39557@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20040707224510.E18741@volatile.chemikals.org> <20040708032639.GA43737@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 08:26:39PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote: > > >My initial argument does not invlove the language. I don't > > >care about the language. My argument is that neither cvsup > > >nor csup belong in the base system. Both utilities can be > > >installed from ports. If you're going to import csup, then > > >I hope csup goes through a security audit and you define a > > >NO_CSUP make.conf variable. > > > > Does "csup" belong in the tree more, or less than cvs? > > csup does not belong in the base system. cvs belongs in > the base syste A CVS sup'ing program does belong in the base system -- it is the best way for tracking security updates (via the RELENG_X_Y branch). Think of it as FreeBSD's "MS-Windows Update" functionality. To date, CVSup was too difficult to easily integrate w/in /usr/src. A new CVS sup'ing program writting in a language supported by the toolchain in the base system (FORTRAN would be fine, for example) should be overly welcomed into the tree. Don't worry guys, it would only add 1 minute to your build world times. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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