Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 02:37:32 +0200 From: Olli Hauer <ohauer@FreeBSD.org> To: arch@freebsd.org Cc: Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com>, Olli Hauer <ohauer@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Removing CVS from HEAD Message-ID: <504BE4CC.5020706@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <D6048F2E-C1DE-4724-A525-BAD97A67A017@kientzle.com> References: <CAF6rxgnZGjzm230sZXVXxmE7wPowF_BZqbwRjdvz8oV-03gS=A@mail.gmail.com> <20120908234659.GA10489@server.rulingia.com> <504BD9B5.20001@shatow.net> <504BE020.1070300@FreeBSD.org> <D6048F2E-C1DE-4724-A525-BAD97A67A017@kientzle.com>
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On 2012-09-09 02:21, Tim Kientzle wrote: > On Sep 8, 2012, at 5:17 PM, Olli Hauer wrote: >> On 2012-09-09 01:50, Bryan Drewery wrote: >>> On 9/8/2012 6:46 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote: >>>> As I said before: CVS (and RCS) are both GPL-licensed tools that (as >>>> of 10.x) no longer serve any purpose in the base system. ... They are >>>> [therefore] not needed in the FreeBSD base. >>> >>> Yes please, deprecate and remove both. >>> >> >> CVS and RCS is really handy if you have to work on isolated >> machines and cannot install a modern VCS, there it is always >> a better fall-back then copy1/2/3 ... >> >> If it has to go I have to use the fall-back method in future :( > > Are you saying that you are in an environment where > you cannot install the devel/cvs package or port? > Yep, I support some machines which are running a stock FreeBSD without any port installed ... If I have to work on this machines RCS is a really handy tool.
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