Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:04:20 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing CVS from base Message-ID: <20120823220420.GA85883@server.rulingia.com> In-Reply-To: <201208231606.18346.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <1345697446.84337.11.camel@neo.cse.buffalo.edu> <1345729674.52121.4.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <CAGE5yCox=R2eF2woH12sKRVbhbQDF%2BxPT=d5G-cLHDOv9bVfmw@mail.gmail.com> <201208231606.18346.jhb@freebsd.org>
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--0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2012-Aug-23 16:06:18 -0400, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> wrote: >On Thursday, August 23, 2012 3:41:03 pm Peter Wemm wrote: >> * Don't expect to see any 10.0-alpha/beta/rc/release/stable to *ever* >> make it to an official cvs tree. It's probably time to move a >> freebsd-ified cvs from head to ports. > >I think this is a bit premature. Just because we are moving away from >using CVS as FreeBSD's scm doesn't mean CVS isn't a useful >general-purpose tool still. For smaller repositories that don't need >fancier things like branches, CVS is quite useful and far lighter weight. To me, this reads like the exact definition of a "ports, not base" use case. CVS (and RCS) are both GPL-licensed tools that (as of 10.x) no longer serve any purpose in the base system. I agree that they still serve a purpose (I use CVS as a SCM both at home and $work) but (IMHO) if they are not needed to support FreeBSD, they are not needed in the FreeBSD base. >I could see moving csup out to ports, but not necessarily CVS. Ideally, csup would learn how to talk to a SVN repository so it can continue to be used to update a local src tree (without needing to install subversion). Failing that, csup should probably also go. --=20 Peter Jeremy --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlA2qOQACgkQ/opHv/APuIf5wwCfdQgvQDbMft7kFOW149v02N08 i2YAnjgHjh3NqISE/Jyu3dxv0SrRbCzl =6VX3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --0OAP2g/MAC+5xKAE--
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