Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:41:41 -0600 From: Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-rc] Re: RFC: Removal of the old rc system from -current Message-ID: <3EAD83F5.7030302@btc.adaptec.com> In-Reply-To: <20030428103349.G3894@znfgre.qbhto.arg> References: <20030426154030.M13476@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <20030427105313.GA507@roughtrade.net> <20030428100246.GB70290@regency.nsu.ru> <20030428103349.G3894@znfgre.qbhto.arg>
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Doug Barton wrote: > On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > >>On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 08:53:13PM +1000, Joshua Goodall wrote: >> >>>On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 03:46:08PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >>> >>>>We're also starting to see some confusion on the part of users about >>>>having both systems on disk. >>> >>>Time to teach mergemaster about files that are now stale, so it can >>>offer to remove (or archive) them for the user? >> >>It would be nice to teach make intallworld to remove stale files from >>the base as well. > > > There is an enormous amount of discussion about that point in the -current > archives. Suffice it to say, it's not nearly as easy as it sounds. > > Doug > Doug, I think that you and others have convinced me that there isn't an overwhelming need to deprecate rcOG. The only gate to removing it for 5.1 is that I would like for you and Scot Hetzel to get with Bruce Mah and write up appropriate release documentation to help users with any transition issues. I know that Bruce has some specific questions that he would like answered. Thanks, Scott
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