From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 10 16:11:08 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6349CA8F for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:11:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from vps1.elischer.org (vps1.elischer.org [204.109.63.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 188C527CF for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:11:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from jre-mbp.elischer.org (ppp121-45-246-96.lns20.per2.internode.on.net [121.45.246.96]) (authenticated bits=0) by vps1.elischer.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r9AGB0r2046886 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:11:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <5256D192.8010902@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:10:58 +0800 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.8; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130801 Thunderbird/17.0.8 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Jos Backus Subject: Re: rcs References: <77307DF8-637D-4295-BF47-8742F1552CE8@orthanc.ca> <525503A2.50002@beastielabs.net> <525537F5.1050100@m5p.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Kimmo Paasiala , George Mitchell , freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 16:11:08 -0000 On 10/9/13 11:59 PM, Jos Backus wrote: > On Oct 9, 2013 5:39 AM, "Kimmo Paasiala" wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:03 PM, George Mitchell > wrote: >>> On 10/09/13 03:20, Hans Ottevanger wrote: >>>> On 10/08/13 04:31, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: >>>>> Okay folks, can we make a call about keeping the RCS tools in the > base? >>>>> The proponents wanting to remove RCS need to speak up and make their >>>>> technical case. >>>>> >>>> Technically it is quite simple: I need RCS to start versioning config >>>> files, even before starting any customization. I know about several >>>> others who do the same (and have not yet defected to Linux). >>>> >>>> I would like to see RCS to be put back into the tree for 10.0. If it >>>> really -has- to be victimized by the current anti-GPL crusade, it could >>>> be replaced by OpenRCS in 11. >>>> >>>> And as a long time hard-core user I would appreciate if this kind of >>>> changes were performed only after at least -some- public discussion. >>>> The way this change was sneaked in (though apparently with approval of >>>> core@), reminds me more of a Secret Society than of an Open Source >>>> project. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Hans >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> +1, enthusiastically. -- George >>> >> +1 also to OpenRCS allthough I hate anything related to RCS/CVS with a >> passion. I do however recognize the need for a simple revision control >> system in the base, svnlite would fill the need maybe but it's good to >> have other options too. >> >> -Kimmo > OK, but please, can we replace RCS with Fossil in 11 then? That adds a real > improvement to FreeBSD while giving people plenty of time to prepare. can fossil read rcs files? and how big is it compared to RCS? > > Jos > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >