From owner-freebsd-arch Sat Jun 15 12:11: 6 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from hda.hda.com (host65.hda.com [63.104.68.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 983C537B41C; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 12:10:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dufault@localhost) by hda.hda.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g5FJCc011789; Sat, 15 Jun 2002 15:12:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from dufault@hda.com) Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 15:12:37 -0400 From: Peter Dufault To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" Cc: Juli Mallett , arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Source Code Control System Message-ID: <20020615151237.A11711@hda.hda.com> References: <20020612155452.A57120@FreeBSD.ORG> <20020612231407.GH44106@wantadilla.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020612231407.GH44106@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.ORG on Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 08:44:07AM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 08:44:07AM +0930, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > My feeling is that SCCS is only of historical interest. It would be > nice to be able to access old SCCS files, but I can't imagine that > many people would want to use it for new work. Boy, do I wish this were the case. I'm behind on mail, I browsed the responses to this thread, and I'm of at least two minds on this one: First mind: Keep it a solid port to encourage SCCS fading away. Those forced to use it will find it. Second mind: If any reputable standard expects it, and if Solaris includes it, pull it in. I have one client purchasing a fair number of embedded Solaris systems per year who will not give up SCCS, and for that client the inclusion of SCCS in a standard distribution (as I guess it is in Solaris) is a big plus. They've been shipping systems for X+ years, and all customer modified files have been automatically under SCCS control. For them SCCS is an expected part of the system, and the fact that it is available as a port and not in the base system is unnerving. Don't ask why leaving out a compiler isn't a concern. Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Fail-Safe systems, Agency approval To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message