Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 21:59:16 -0500 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removing CVS from HEAD Message-ID: <42D7F0F3-46EC-484A-8665-626AD5D0404E@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=5_jpKVOdnggT1FtJcL6C0odvfAG8CuWCtVQmir-5L4g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAF6rxgnZGjzm230sZXVXxmE7wPowF_BZqbwRjdvz8oV-03gS=A@mail.gmail.com> <20120908234659.GA10489@server.rulingia.com> <CAF6rxg=5_jpKVOdnggT1FtJcL6C0odvfAG8CuWCtVQmir-5L4g@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sep 8, 2012, at 7:29 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On 8 September 2012 19:46, Peter Jeremy <peter@rulingia.com> wrote: >> On 2012-Sep-08 18:09:55 -0400, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> = wrote: >>> As such I propose that we treat CVS as deprecated in 9.x and remove >>> CVS from HEAD [0]. >>=20 >> peter@ hinted at this in >> = http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2012-August/069251.html >> and this lead to a subthread where jhb@ and Julian H. Stacey = disagreed >> whilst I agreed and further suggested that RCS also be removed. >>=20 >> As I said before: CVS (and RCS) are both GPL-licensed tools that (as >> of 10.x) no longer serve any purpose in the base system. ... They = are >> [therefore] not needed in the FreeBSD base. >=20 > RCS is on my list of things to look at, but can I ask that this > conversation be limited only to CVS? Its easier to work one tool at a > time. I think it is a mistake to actively remove these at this time, for = reasons that jhb@, et al, have discussed at length: These are useful = tools, traditionally installed. The space savings in negligible and = there's already a knob for turning them off. The project's source distribution system changes aren't a valid reason = to change things at this time. Warner
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