Date: Fri, 8 May 2015 00:47:43 -0500 From: Pedro Giffuni <pfg@FreeBSD.org> To: Doug Brewer <brewer.doug@gmail.com> Cc: NGie Cooper <yaneurabeya@gmail.com>, FreeBSD Current list <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> Subject: Re: What to do about RCS/OpenRCS Message-ID: <46E9A948-9D19-4ED6-AB4E-03CFDD5B92A0@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAG0V13Reytk-uaa%2B7j_a-0mNW1AJ2CRyxio8MmfGUhhoxmnMWg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAG0V13Reytk-uaa%2B7j_a-0mNW1AJ2CRyxio8MmfGUhhoxmnMWg@mail.gmail.com>
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> Il giorno 08/mag/2015, alle ore 00:26, Doug Brewer = <brewer.doug@gmail.com> ha scritto: >=20 > On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 04:18:38PM -0700, NGie Cooper wrote:=20 > >=20 > > On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Pedro Giffuni <pfg@freebsd.org = <mailto:pfg@freebsd.org>> wrote:=20 > > > Hello;=20 > > >=20 > > > On 05/07/15 14:56, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:=20 > > >>=20 > > >> On Thu, 7 May 2015, Pedro Giffuni wrote:=20 > > >>=20 > > >>> Unfortunately I don't use RCS enough (it looks like I should = though) so=20 > > >>> I am not in a good position to take the next step and deal with = any=20 > > >>> fallout it may produce.=20 > > >>=20 > > >>=20 > > >> If we can have a build-knob to disable GNU RCS and enable the new = one I=20 > > >> will happily twist up the new version and hammer on it.=20 > > >>=20 > > >=20 > > > Yes, that's usually the next step in the process. It is a little = bit messy=20 > > > because=20 > > > there is a WITHOUT_RCS option and openrcs doesn't have rcsfreeze = (and=20 > > > perhaps something else that we don't use).=20 > > > > > > I really want to check out first if there is some strong opinion = against=20 > > > OpenRCS. Perhaps someone that has used it before and thinks it is = a=20 > > > bad idea.=20 > > >=20 > > > It looks like there are voices against it, so those have to be = addressed=20 > > > first.=20 > >=20 > > Setting WITHOUT_RCS also breaks etcupdate (the tool requires rcs=20 > > bits); check with jhb first to make sure that OpenRCS works with=20 > > etcupdate.=20 >=20 > Confirmed. Pedro, are you also willing to fix fallout as Xin Li = pointed out?=20 > If not, please revert, thanks. I haven=E2=80=99t committed anything to base so there=E2=80=99s nothing = to revert (?). Pedro. >=20
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