Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C

[Kirk Strauser]

On Tuesday 06 July 2004 11:32 pm, Steve Kargl wrote:

> The discussion is about integrating an cvsup knock-off into the base
> system.  Can you say bloat?  Can you say bugs?

I guess I just don't see it that way.  cvsup is so absolutely necessary for 
system maintenance that it seems like a logical addition.  I would imagine 
that a client-only version in C would be much more heavily developed than the 
current ezm3 version.   In turn, this should reduce bugs and the eliminate 
the need to install what is effectively a single-program language.

>> For example, OpenBSD doesn't have an m3 port for non-x86 platforms 

> So, let Theo write a m3 port.

I wish he would, because it would probably be more portable then the current 
system, which would allow more people to use it, which would turn more 
developer eyes toward it, which would give us a better tool to use.  As it 
stands, cvsup is "that weird thing that FreeBSD uses".
-- 
Kirk Strauser
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