Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 12:42:01 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: [Heads Up] RCS removed from base Message-ID: <52538D19.8000505@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMt-r9V_vNs64LQ3=e2avLempg%2BVRT2b66N7OOjzLrN6aw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgkmfMmOqz1%2BbaG1_REkUVtX8COcukcPg%2BkVtcOQ9L023A@mail.gmail.com> <20131007150658.GA79233@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <52534B5E.7010401@freebsd.org> <20131008002854.GB56872@funkthat.com> <525354C2.8070807@m5p.com> <20131008013350.GB31261@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <525364A8.6020300@freebsd.org> <CAOgwaMt-r9V_vNs64LQ3=e2avLempg%2BVRT2b66N7OOjzLrN6aw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/8/13 12:34 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > > > > On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org > <mailto:julian@freebsd.org>> wrote: > > On 10/8/13 9:33 AM, Steve Kargl wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 08:41:38PM -0400, George Mitchell wrote: > > On 10/07/13 20:28, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > Julian Elischer wrote this message on Tue, Oct 08, > 2013 at 08:01 +0800: > > not a big thing but I believe that a lot of > poeple use ci/co on /etc > becasue it is "just there" > > +1 > > Folks, this is just plain a major violation of the > Principle of Least > Amazement. RCS is ideal for keeping track of my > configuration files > in /etc. What do we gain by removing it? > > Less GPL code in FreeBSD? > > not a problem unless you plan in shipping a changed version of > it on your product?? > > > > Most new versions of GPL licensed code are converted to Version 3 GPL . > > This is blocking FreeBSD if they keep GPL licensed code in base , > because commercial companies usingFreeBSD are not able to use > FreeBSD any more if the FreeBSD switches to Version 3 GPL . > > This obstacle is in the base system GCC : It stayed in an older > version , and necessitated to switch to Clang/LLVM . > > Difficulty of such a switch is apparenly known . > Therefore cleaning base from GPL licensed code is a vital > requirement for further progress WITH RESPECT TO FreeBSD Project > structure . > > Thank you very much . sure but lets keep the one one in the the tree untill there is a replacement ready to commit. ro 10 will have NO RCS which is a POLA. > > > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk > > > >
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