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Date:      Mon, 4 Jan 2021 10:33:08 -0800
From:      David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
To:        Enji Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CURRENT, usr/src on git, howto "mergemaster"?
Message-ID:  <X/NfZNGmAN/lTPCB@albert.catwhisker.org>
In-Reply-To: <0F14842F-2C85-4ED3-B4C9-D2AA12A55464@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 10:30:28AM -0800, Enji Cooper wrote:
> ...=20
> Adding to this: it has no maintainer, it=E2=80=99s less featureful, and i=
t lacks tests. Once I switched to etcupdate a few years back I never looked=
 back at mergemaster.
>=20
> I honestly think it should be deprecated in 13.x and removed in 14.x. It=
=E2=80=99s been several major releases since it=E2=80=99s been unofficially=
 deprecated.
>=20
> -Enji
> ....

All of which is fine, but at some point prior to that, perhaps
src/UPDATING's instructions that cite its use might merit a change to
reflect the use of a supported tool?

Peace,
david
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David H. Wolfskill                              david@catwhisker.org
Real "RINOs": Donald Trump and his acolytes (e.g., Ted Cruz; Josh Hawley).

See https://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key.

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