Re: rcs

On 10/9/13 11:59 PM, Jos Backus wrote:
> On Oct 9, 2013 5:39 AM, "Kimmo Paasiala" <kpaasial_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 2:03 PM, George Mitchell <george+freebsd_at_m5p.com>
> wrote:
>>> On 10/09/13 03:20, Hans Ottevanger wrote:
>>>> On 10/08/13 04:31, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
>>>>> Okay folks, can we make a call about keeping the RCS tools in the
> base?
>>>>> The proponents wanting to remove RCS need to speak up and make their
>>>>> technical case.
>>>>>
>>>> Technically it is quite simple: I need RCS to start versioning config
>>>> files, even before starting any customization. I know about several
>>>> others who do the same (and have not yet defected to Linux).
>>>>
>>>> I would like to see RCS to be put back into the tree for 10.0. If it
>>>> really -has- to be victimized by the current anti-GPL crusade, it could
>>>> be replaced by OpenRCS in 11.
>>>>
>>>> And as a long time hard-core user I would appreciate if this kind of
>>>> changes were  performed only after at least -some- public discussion.
>>>> The way this change was sneaked in (though apparently with approval of
>>>> core_at_),  reminds me more of a Secret Society than of an Open Source
>>>> project.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Hans
>>>>
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>>> +1, enthusiastically.                                     -- George
>>>
>> +1 also to OpenRCS allthough I hate anything related to RCS/CVS with a
>> passion. I do however recognize the need for a simple revision control
>> system in the base, svnlite would fill the need maybe but it's good to
>> have other options too.
>>
>> -Kimmo
> 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?
>
> Jos
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