[RFC] remove GNU rcs from FreeBSD 12

[Pete Wright]

On 11/02/2016 19:17, Julian Elischer 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.
>
> Is there a non gnu RCS with the same features?
>

surprised to hear so many people are dependent upon having rcs in their 
base system.  there are options though - for example OpenBSD uses 
OpenRCS in their base:

http://man.openbsd.org/rcs.1

its not strictly GNU compliant as I believe it adheres to the original 
implementation (which frankly is probably a good thing imho).  GNU RCS 
is also available via ports/pkgs as well.

If people are adamant about preserving a rcs binary in base though this 
seems like a great opportunity to step up and help import/support OpenRCS.

just my two bits - hope it helps.

-pete