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From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net>
To: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Why not give git a try? (was "Re: [head tinderbox] failure on
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On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:12:19PM -0800, Garrett Cooper wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Diane Bruce <db@db.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 08:02:37PM +0100, Ivan Voras wrote:
> >> On 24 January 2011 19:31, Diane Bruce <db@db.net> wrote:
> >>
...
>     But we don't compile CVS, SVN, etc into our sources. I thought

which rcs.
If you check, the file format on the SVN server is rcs compatible, in
fact local checkins using svn will work just fine.

>     Given that this is getting more philosophical than technical,
> maybe we should move the discussion elsewhere (i.e. not hackers@)?

I'd suggest we support fossil (devel/fossil)
http://fossil-scm.org

No. But in future, keep in mind us old timers are not _that_ conservative. 

> > Perhaps a point to consider.
> 
> Thanks!

You are welcome.

> -Garrett


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