Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 15:18:07 -0500 From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@FreeBSD.org> To: Maxime Henrion <mux@FreeBSD.org>, arch@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Importing csup into base Message-ID: <p06230908c02ba3dee4c9@[128.113.24.47]> In-Reply-To: <20060301170306.GZ55746@elvis.mu.org> References: <20060301170306.GZ55746@elvis.mu.org>
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At 6:03 PM +0100 3/1/06, Maxime Henrion wrote: > >So I think it is now time to import csup in FreeBSD base system >so that our users finally have a way to update their sources >with a bare install, and am requesting comments/opinions/problem >reports on the matter as long as it doesn't degenerate into a >bikeshed. I wonder if we should handle this more like perl (or X11?), where it remains a port, but a port which is always installed along with the base-system install. My hope is that with the new C-based implementation, 'csup' would be useful to other projects. (any cvs-based open-source project, not just operating systems). I would also be happy to see it as part of the freebsd base system, so I only mention the above alternative because I'm wondering what would be the best way to handle a project like this... Whether or not it goes into the base system, I hope more people can take the time to try it out, and make sure that it will be well-tested. >If you would like to see CVS mode happening and can spare some >money, please consider making a donation to my Paypal account >(id mux@FreeBSD.org). I take advantage of this mail to thank >Garance Drosehn that has generously donated me some money to >help me on this task already. I've contributed enough to keep him in caffeine, but certainly not enough to be mistaken for a full-time employer... :-) I have been very happy to see all the recent progress. Even though I do like to work with multiple computer languages (and in fact there is a lot I like about Modula-3), I do think a tool such as cvsup needs to be in a more universally-available and widely-known language. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA
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