From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 16:21:23 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2132A8D1 for ; Mon, 11 May 2015 16:21:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.21]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "troutmask", Issuer "troutmask" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F12C6181B for ; Mon, 11 May 2015 16:21:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t4BGLM6O090031 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 11 May 2015 09:21:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.14.9/8.14.9/Submit) id t4BGLLfY090030; Mon, 11 May 2015 09:21:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 09:21:21 -0700 From: Steve Kargl To: Jos Backus Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What to do about RCS/OpenRCS Message-ID: <20150511162121.GA89954@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <3137063.YOSa6Au8Xi@ralph.baldwin.cx> <554D1DD5.5080106@FreeBSD.org> <554E2221.1040105@FreeBSD.org> <20150511093100.GC53149@e-new.0x20.net> <20150511161049.GA89855@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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: Mon, 11 May 2015 16:21:23 -0000 On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 09:12:57AM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: >On May 11, 2015 9:10 AM, "Steve Kargl" > wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 08:43:06AM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: >>> On May 11, 2015 2:31 AM, "Lars Engels" 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