On Thu, 03 Nov 2016 03:17:23 +0100, Julian Elischer <julian_at_freebsd.org> wrote: > On 26/10/2016 2:27 AM, Eivind Nicolay Evensen wrote: >> On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 03:38:04PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: >>> hi, >>> >>> For long we are planning to remove GNU rcs from base, after a failed >>> attempt >>> before FreeBSD 10.0. Let see where we are to be able to remove it from >>> FreeBSD >>> 12. > > why should we remove it? > What will replace it? it's an integral part of many people's systems. Firefox/perl/java is also an integral part of many people's system. But it is not in base. > Is there a non gnu RCS with the same features? There is the exact same version in pkg/ports. Ronald. > >> Whatever the outcome may be and for whatever my opinion is worth, I hope >> rcs will stay in base. I don't care about the licensing. I don't >> care if a switch to openrcs happens either, as long as it works. >> >> For years, one has been able to rely upon this operating system having >> certain pieces of software available. Losing that makes it a worse >> choice >> than before. >> >> I've already had to readd cvs to my freebsd tree since that was removed, >> but if it keeps getting worse and worse and there's soon a >> freebsd kernel and some random bits of freebsd userland available >> through ports, there's not much reason to keep using it as an operating >> system, because then it is not an operating system anymore, rather an >> emulation of another "system" built around that concept. >> >> >> >> Eivind N. E. >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list >> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org"Received on Sat Nov 05 2016 - 12:22:58 UTC
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