Re: CURRENT, usr/src on git, howto "mergemaster"?

From: David Wolfskill <david_at_catwhisker.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 10:33:08 -0800
On Mon, Jan 04, 2021 at 10:30:28AM -0800, Enji Cooper wrote:
> ... 
> Adding to this: it has no maintainer, it’s less featureful, and it lacks tests. Once I switched to etcupdate a few years back I never looked back at mergemaster.
> 
> I honestly think it should be deprecated in 13.x and removed in 14.x. It’s been several major releases since it’s been unofficially deprecated.
> 
> -Enji
> ....

All of which is fine, but at some point prior to that, perhaps
src/UPDATING's instructions that cite its use might merit a change to
reflect the use of a supported tool?

Peace,
david
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