Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 00:38:49 +0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> Cc: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com>, George Mitchell <george+freebsd@m5p.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rcs Message-ID: <5256D819.6060500@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAETOPp1t3H%2BtUiEsYDJ-pPzh23Y0Qk-dVZjer=Z_beEr0565EA@mail.gmail.com> References: <77307DF8-637D-4295-BF47-8742F1552CE8@orthanc.ca> <525503A2.50002@beastielabs.net> <525537F5.1050100@m5p.com> <CA%2B7WWScenHAqiEDcegHU5fyjw63OSC0Ohnn_hqpxJP0YRcv2nA@mail.gmail.com> <CAETOPp1Ng6%2BBKR8hkqmrYajUV51X5-U0wY_FzkrWbKJcXVW1eA@mail.gmail.com> <5256D192.8010902@freebsd.org> <CAETOPp1t3H%2BtUiEsYDJ-pPzh23Y0Qk-dVZjer=Z_beEr0565EA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/11/13 12:34 AM, Jos Backus wrote: > On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 9:10 AM, Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org > <mailto:julian@freebsd.org>> wrote: > > On 10/9/13 11:59 PM, Jos Backus wrote: > > [snip] > > OK, but please, can we replace RCS with Fossil in 11 then? > That adds a real > improvement to FreeBSD while giving people plenty of time to > prepare. > > can fossil read rcs files? and how big is it compared to RCS? > > > It seems there's some thought on importing CVS repos but according > to 'fossil help import', only the git fast-export format is supported. > In practice this means you'd loose history, yes. But it's not hard > to keep the old RCS files somewhere else in case that history is needed. > > http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/wiki?name=Import+CVS+Repositories > > I just built devel/fossil and it yields a single binary, > /usr/local/bin/fossil which clocks in at 1.8M. Given all the > functionality it provides (plus it is in a similar class as git, see > http://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/tip/www/fossil-v-git.wiki), > I think that's a steal. > > It was started by the author of SQlite. If we require some kind of > version control system in the base that's powerful, well-maintained > and BSD-licensed, this really seems like a no-brainer. well since people expect RCS.. it is not a no brainer. you are asking people to learn a whole new tool for functionality that is currently very simple.. edit file ci -l file add comment. > > Jos > -- > Jos Backus > jos at catnook.com <http://catnook.com>;
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