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Date:      Tue, 6 May 2003 01:52:57 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Jordan K Hubbard <jkh@queasyweasel.com>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject:   Re: [kris@FreeBSD.org: cvs commit: ports/net/cvsupit Makefile]
Message-ID:  <20030506085257.GA40932@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <B0782281-7F98-11D7-A9A6-000393BB9222@queasyweasel.com>
References:  <20030506073032.GJ38939@rot13.obsecurity.org> <B0782281-7F98-11D7-A9A6-000393BB9222@queasyweasel.com>

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On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 12:59:40AM -0700, Jordan K Hubbard wrote:
> Sorry, I simply haven't fixed it yet since I'm now having a hard time =20
> deciding, upon further reflection, whether I shouldn't just kill that =20
> stupid port.  cvsupit started life as a crufty quick hack meant to fill =
=20
> a short-term purpose (get newbies introduced to cvsup at the time) and =
=20
> doesn't serve the longer-term purpose of making cvsup easy to use =20
> throughout FreeBSD's lifetime.
>=20
> To do that, if it's even desired, will require release engineering =20
> assistance to spit out customized cvsupfiles which match whichever tags =
=20
> are currently in vogue, present dynamic menus of available choices, =20
> etc.  In short, if people really want "cvsupit-like" functionality for =
=20
> the long-term then they're just going to have to embed it into the =20
> "process chain" for release engineering somehow and not just rely on =20
> some crufty port staying in sync.  The "keep the crufty port in sync" =20
> approach has worked for awhil, but it just isn't practical, IMO,  to =20
> continue doing so any longer.  That's unless someone else really has a =
=20
> strong lust to step forward and take the cvsupit port over for further =
=20
> life-support efforts.

I believe it's still widely used, so if we need to find a new
maintainer then we should ask around.

Kris

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