From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Thu Nov 3 08:43:03 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11949C2D2D0 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2016 08:43:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from vps1.elischer.org (vps1.elischer.org [204.109.63.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "vps1.elischer.org", Issuer "CA Cert Signing Authority" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A34F21666 for ; Thu, 3 Nov 2016 08:43:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from Julian-MBP3.local (ppp121-45-232-92.lns20.per1.internode.on.net [121.45.232.92]) (authenticated bits=0) by vps1.elischer.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id uA38gqse057710 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 3 Nov 2016 01:42:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Subject: Re: [RFC] remove GNU rcs from FreeBSD 12 To: Pete Wright , freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <20160911133804.a7j7p3x2viqzcpec@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <20161025182730.GA60030@klump.hjerdalen.lokalnett> <75d4d233-c599-0509-139a-5799a0911b5a@nomadlogic.org> From: Julian Elischer Message-ID: <9b697cbc-70d1-c113-2815-b70b026fbf7b@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 16:42:47 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.11; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <75d4d233-c599-0509-139a-5799a0911b5a@nomadlogic.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2016 08:43:03 -0000 On 3/11/2016 10:45 AM, Pete Wright wrote: > > > 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: I don't see what is surprising about it. It's been common "best practice" for decades to keep all your files in /etc under source control. RCS fits he bill well and many people have it in their muscle memory. > > 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. that's ok by me as long as: 1/ it can continue to read all the old data 2/ it works the same (for scripts etc) > > just my two bits - hope it helps. > > -pete > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >