Re: Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C

On 07/08/04 15:53, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Jon Noack <noackjr_at_alumni.rice.edu> writes:
>> Considering we were discussing how to update to the latest source, 
>> which both cvs and cvsup can do, cvsup is the more advanced of the 
>> two.  Its speed is testament to this.  Granted, cvs has a whole
>> host of other features and functionality, but in our limited focus
>> of updating to the latest source, cvsup wins.
> 
> Not from a developer's perspective.

Yes, I know that cvsup cannot replace cvs and that cvs is more important 
for developers.

I meant "in our limited focus of updating to the latest source" to imply 
what the majority of people would need cvs(up) for, namely read-only 
access to the latest source without the need to merge local changes 
(regardless of what you read on bsd.slashdot, I posit that there are far 
more end users of FreeBSD than there are developers).  To the end user, 
cvsup is far and away the best choice and is more advanced for their needs.

Regardless, this is all just semantics and we're wasting each other's 
time.  This thread is too long anyway...

Jon