From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sat Nov 5 21:31:49 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66E8CAF771E for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2016 21:31:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@heily.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (unknown [127.0.1.3]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 445E4F43 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2016 21:31:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@heily.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 43AABAF771D; Sat, 5 Nov 2016 21:31:49 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4342DAF771C for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2016 21:31:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@heily.com) Received: from mail-qt0-x230.google.com (mail-qt0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::230]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10CF4F40 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2016 21:31:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mark@heily.com) Received: by mail-qt0-x230.google.com with SMTP id p16so67706976qta.0 for ; Sat, 05 Nov 2016 14:31:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heily-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=g794LizC4cEq30kh+Neds/Dqh1SvjFgKKfcnTOQpjyI=; b=wBGgdQsn7UCxjudl62U3+xwUTfOWkuDFIzexH5tA0jj69AAshyeFcqsFig78IZXl+h FZuUQxt1B4tiR7lG8R9VpYuqYla2P9XzUEbSs4iS1snyviNxWFR39QL/1CoHFs1xpi7E TnajNJwKaM01uBkdvEk7pvsyTS8f2fTe7nmSK1G3o4HnDvPH6rw5D/T2L0hBEO8abtGb A+jl71oEbQEHqeQ96Fo823q2kdEvZGnFMqAwxWOmjRMw2b/s1FhcgtctUaLB6C7fmuZ7 gVQ7WrW+JYYM2EaytPRYBJKeTD3kFFydYTNfmGmXFx6yN4ZPbImdI8CGiwoTs+P3OT+B t0gg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=g794LizC4cEq30kh+Neds/Dqh1SvjFgKKfcnTOQpjyI=; b=e7u4Y1a193ymBM/fTUw3W+U9HvPs5fJQBnnPGifKwgC19MHuT8xv/avJKqxjdC4ClZ 2KjraJw7ggQuTovlw3ndeUY2R2oNAsX9XiOFwGjyPbhLEnCh5VxOOeyRUkyHYuFuR972 Cd/Ux8jT269vG8hl6AcqgGQMqc6QRMTxzozX0LqtM/DqPoewHFb+1p7BDQ4p7TRIkaQd BrlwatMdSnUSzfs2kZ3rZB5b4xGKukce4fg+cF8ZW+JT887jv5SYNXSwS7m6s4BAQY0O +fKvRDN22qZuhPE/QW6Snh64TSrTlVBv1gdnbMbTqDgxu0iUQrDgNViTdI2iLJoSEzba lpRg== X-Gm-Message-State: ABUngvdfOeG/kcCuIFOh0qAil2jbjvft/GUwQFuBidLfDgLVgR3BD3YSgbP3gjCqHcBlhSp1KMIwP21OyjHWPQ== X-Received: by 10.237.51.3 with SMTP id u3mr20187515qtd.12.1478381508102; Sat, 05 Nov 2016 14:31:48 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.12.150.39 with HTTP; Sat, 5 Nov 2016 14:31:47 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [71.70.175.250] In-Reply-To: References: <20160911133804.a7j7p3x2viqzcpec@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20161025182730.GA60030@klump.hjerdalen.lokalnett> From: Mark Heily Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 17:31:47 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [RFC] remove GNU rcs from FreeBSD 12 To: Ronald Klop Cc: Eivind Nicolay Evensen , Baptiste Daroussin , Julian Elischer , current@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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: Sat, 05 Nov 2016 21:31:49 -0000 On Sat, Nov 5, 2016 at 9:07 AM, Ronald Klop wrote: > On Thu, 03 Nov 2016 03:17:23 +0100, Julian Elischer > wrote: > > On 26/10/2016 2:27 AM, Eivind Nicolay Evensen wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 03:38:04PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >>> >>>> hi, >>>> >>>> For long we are planning to remove GNU rcs from base, after a failed >>>> attempt >>>> before FreeBSD 10.0. Let see where we are to be able to remove it from >>>> FreeBSD >>>> 12. >>>> >>> >> why should we remove it? >> > It should be removed from base because the license was changed to GPLv3+ about six years ago. The obsolete GPLv2 version currently in base is no longer maintained. I agree with the sentiment that RCS should be an optional component available from ports.