Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 19:45:11 -0700 From: Pete Wright <pete@nomadlogic.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [RFC] remove GNU rcs from FreeBSD 12 Message-ID: <75d4d233-c599-0509-139a-5799a0911b5a@nomadlogic.org> In-Reply-To: <b1807e56-2be5-28fa-c570-d58a9962e06d@freebsd.org> References: <20160911133804.a7j7p3x2viqzcpec@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20161025182730.GA60030@klump.hjerdalen.lokalnett> <b1807e56-2be5-28fa-c570-d58a9962e06d@freebsd.org>
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On 11/02/2016 19:17, Julian Elischer 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. > > Is there a non gnu RCS with the same features? > surprised to hear so many people are dependent upon having rcs in their base system. there are options though - for example OpenBSD uses OpenRCS in their base: http://man.openbsd.org/rcs.1 its not strictly GNU compliant as I believe it adheres to the original implementation (which frankly is probably a good thing imho). GNU RCS is also available via ports/pkgs as well. If people are adamant about preserving a rcs binary in base though this seems like a great opportunity to step up and help import/support OpenRCS. just my two bits - hope it helps. -pete
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