Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:52:18 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing CVS from HEAD Message-ID: <20120913145218.GE34563@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <201209131249.q8DCnKe6061075@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <86har3sddc.fsf@ds4.des.no> <201209131249.q8DCnKe6061075@fire.js.berklix.net>
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unsubscribe cvs@freebsd.org * Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> [120913 05:49] wrote: > =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wrote: > > "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> writes: > > > Removing CVS from src/ will be easily recoverable for commited FreeBSD > > > users, but will degrade FreeBSD for some visitors from other Unixes & > > > ex BSD people tentatively returning. > > > > Which other Unices provide CVS out of the box? > > > > > Rather than lose a lot of time on docs, mail lists etc, it's easy to > > > decide: "Probably much else changed or missing too, I'll lose too much > > > time to revert it to a working Unix environment. Try next OS." > > > > Yes, because I'm sure the absence of a program they haven't used in five > > years, if ever, and will probably never need is the largest hurdle to > > overcome for new or returning FreeBSD users. > > DES took partial misleading context & exagerated. Original was: > > > At the stage one tries new Unixes, if too many things are missing > > &/or too much trouble to learn what & how & where changed, & how > > to restore; Rather than lose a lot of time on docs, mail lists > > etc, it's easy to decide: "Probably much else changed or missing > > too, I'll lose too much time to revert it to a working Unix > > environment. Try next OS." > > DES hyperbole discarded, CVS would be just one more issue just for some. > > Some might agressively pitch for a short timescale, but if CVS goes, > FreeBSD will hopefuly look beyond just its developers' group, remember its > users, & consider a schedule similar to one a OS software manager would. > > Julian > -- > Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com > Reply below not above, like a play script. Indent old text with "> ". > Send plain text. Not: HTML, multipart/alternative, base64, quoted-printable. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- - Alfred Perlstein .- VMOA #5191, 03 vmax, 92 gs500, 85 ch250, 07 zx10 .- FreeBSD committer
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