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Date:      Sun, 6 Nov 2016 12:09:30 +0100
From:      Eivind Nicolay Evensen <eivinde@terraplane.org>
To:        Ronald Klop <ronald-lists@klop.ws>
Cc:        Eivind Nicolay Evensen <eivinde@terraplane.org>, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org>, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: [RFC] remove GNU rcs from FreeBSD 12
Message-ID:  <20161106110929.GA19203@klump.hjerdalen.lokalnett>
In-Reply-To: <op.yqghejawkndu52@eveline>
References:  <20160911133804.a7j7p3x2viqzcpec@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20161025182730.GA60030@klump.hjerdalen.lokalnett> <b1807e56-2be5-28fa-c570-d58a9962e06d@freebsd.org> <op.yqghejawkndu52@eveline>

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On Sat, Nov 05, 2016 at 02:07:21PM +0100, Ronald Klop wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Nov 2016 03:17:23 +0100, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>  
> 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?
> >What will replace it?  it's an integral part of many people's systems.
> 
> Firefox/perl/java is also an integral part of many people's system. But it  
> is not in base.


I see a big difference between these two

First providing something people find useful enough that it affects their
decision about whether or not to use a system, then stopping providing it.

versus

Not including any and all available software packages.


I don't think I'm entirely along in that view.

I also thought that perl was a good example of another piece of software
that once was provided and no longer is.




-- 
Eivind



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