Removing CVS from HEAD

[Alfred Perlstein]

unsubscribe cvs at freebsd.org

* Julian H. Stacey <jhs at berklix.com> [120913 05:49] wrote:
> =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= wrote:
> > "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at berklix.com> writes:
> > > Removing CVS from src/ will be easily recoverable for commited FreeBSD
> > > users, but will degrade FreeBSD for some visitors from other Unixes &
> > > ex BSD people tentatively returning.
> > 
> > Which other Unices provide CVS out of the box?
> >
> > > Rather than lose a lot of time on docs, mail lists etc, it's easy to
> > > decide: "Probably much else changed or missing too, I'll lose too much
> > > time to revert it to a working Unix environment. Try next OS."
> > 
> > Yes, because I'm sure the absence of a program they haven't used in five
> > years, if ever, and will probably never need is the largest hurdle to
> > overcome for new or returning FreeBSD users.
> 
> DES took partial misleading context & exagerated.  Original was:
> 
> >   At the stage one tries new Unixes, if too many things are missing
> >   &/or too much trouble to learn what & how & where changed, & how
> >   to restore; Rather than lose a lot of time on docs, mail lists
> >   etc, it's easy to decide: "Probably much else changed or missing
> >   too, I'll lose too much time to revert it to a working Unix
> >   environment. Try next OS."
> 
> DES hyperbole discarded, CVS would be just one more issue just for some.
> 
> Some might agressively pitch for a short timescale, but if CVS goes,
> FreeBSD will hopefuly look beyond just its developers' group, remember its
> users, & consider a schedule similar to one a OS software manager would.
> 
> Julian
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