Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 09:21:21 -0700 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What to do about RCS/OpenRCS Message-ID: <20150511162121.GA89954@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAETOPp0M2v0j7_2UFn7FV%2BRPYwTs46ttnJCjDfLk8yrZBWx54g@mail.gmail.com> References: <3137063.YOSa6Au8Xi@ralph.baldwin.cx> <554D1DD5.5080106@FreeBSD.org> <CACYV=-F5RUVNmhqX13=EndiZhKPMSgp93QjWVJx2QZn1zMbTyA@mail.gmail.com> <554E2221.1040105@FreeBSD.org> <D094B054-D5BE-482A-8DDF-E4728934E892@orthanc.ca> <CAETOPp0WgHaWeibOcX_D5=LG4gKqFEmdgnFkA9HEtyhLF%2BTbsg@mail.gmail.com> <20150511093100.GC53149@e-new.0x20.net> <CAETOPp0PZb7BJtz4D6b7P5eAKujmEdoru78gm-tK8Hsa%2Bv2vyw@mail.gmail.com> <20150511161049.GA89855@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <CAETOPp0M2v0j7_2UFn7FV%2BRPYwTs46ttnJCjDfLk8yrZBWx54g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 09:12:57AM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: >On May 11, 2015 9:10 AM, "Steve Kargl" <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> > wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 08:43:06AM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: >>> On May 11, 2015 2:31 AM, "Lars Engels" <lars.engels@0x20.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 11:27:57AM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: >>>>> Maybe off-topic, but functionality-wise it might make >>>>> much more sense to import Fossil. RCS has too many limitations >>>>> this day and age when better >>>>> tools are available. Of course, this would require people to learn >>>>> something new, which I know can be a challenge. >>>> >>>> I really like fossil. But it's still under development, so it >>>> would soon be outdated. It's better installed from ports/packages. >>> >>> It seems OpenRCS is still under development ;-p It's better >>> installed from ports/packages, too. >>> >>> It would give Fossil a recognition boost as a BSD-licensed DVCS. >>> >> >> Please, just stop. Thanks. > > Like I said, a challenge. > You've completely missed the point. OpenRCS is intended to replace ancient GNU RCS, which is already included in the base system and used by a few scripts. Fossil is not a drop-in replacement for the rcs utilities. So, please just stop. PS: Please reply to the list not directly to me. CC stored. -- Steve
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