Re: CVS removal from the base

On 2011-Dec-02 16:27:34 +0700, Max Khon <fjoe_at_samodelkin.net> wrote:
>I know that it is too early to speak about this, but I would like the
>dust in the mailing lists to settle down before real actions can be
>taken.

I'd agree that it's still too early.

>As soon as ports/ (and doc/) are moved to SVN I do not see any
>compelling reasons for keeping CVS in the base system.

There's more to it than just converting the repo from CVS to SVN -
the "official" distribution and build systems have to be converted
as well.  The official build system for RELENG_8 remains CVS and
(AFAIK) the "official" repo distribution system remains CVS-based
(csup/cvsup) because there's no suitable SVN-based equivalent.

IMHO, if those issues can be resolved in the near future then it
might be possible to deprecate CVS before 9.1 and remove it in 10 but
I suspect removal in 11 is a more realistic timeframe.

>Those who still use it for development can install ports/devel/opencvs
>(like all the src/ developers do for ports/devel/subversion/).

Agreed.

>In my opinion it is just another piece of bitrot that resides in the
>base system for no real reasons.

You are, of course, welcome to your opinion.  I 

-- 
Peter Jeremy