Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 19:03:58 -0700 From: Steve Rikli <sr@genyosha.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Heads Up] RCS removed from base Message-ID: <20131008020358.GA26639@dragon.genyosha.home> In-Reply-To: <525360A5.8010908@mu.org> References: <CAF6rxgkmfMmOqz1%2BbaG1_REkUVtX8COcukcPg%2BkVtcOQ9L023A@mail.gmail.com> <20131007150658.GA79233@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52534B5E.7010401@freebsd.org> <20131008013023.GA31261@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <525360A5.8010908@mu.org>
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On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 06:32:21PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > On 10/7/13 6:30 PM, Steve Kargl wrote: > >... > >PS: As noted, the code is GPL. There has been an effort > >to remove GPL code from FreeBSD (whether prudent or not). > > That plus the age of the code is good enough reason to ditch it! huzzah! > Plus we can make RCSBSD along with it. Is such a project underway? I.e. an RCS of some kind from FreeBSD? OpenBSD went through this a while ago and use OpenRCS -- is that even remotely appropriate for use in FreeBSD? >From reading most of both thread(s), it seems there's at least some interest in keeping an RCS in base; whether it's the status quo RCS (w/GPL) doesn't seem to be strictly required, as long as whichever RCS is available in base is (mostly?) compatible with status quo RCS. sr.home | help
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