Re: rcs

From: C. P. Ghost <cpghost_at_cordula.ws>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:28:10 +0200
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Diane Bruce <db_at_db.net> wrote:

> ...
> > >>>> 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.
>
> Fossil was showing promise the last time I tried it. Quite frankly
>
> > > 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.
>
> pfft as long as any SCS can read my old rcs files this old fart does
> not mind.
>

Same here. Don't care about the tool, as long as it can provide backward
compatibility to the RCS format, and provides the familiar command interface
(ci, co, ...) somehow.

-cpghost.

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