[RFC] remove GNU rcs from FreeBSD 12

[Julian Elischer]

On 3/11/2016 10:45 AM, Pete Wright wrote:
>
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> 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:
I don't see what is surprising about it.
It's been common "best practice" for decades to keep all your files in 
/etc under source control. RCS fits he bill well and many people have 
it in their muscle memory.

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

that's ok by me as long as:
1/ it can continue to read all the old data
2/ it works the same (for scripts etc)

>
> just my two bits - hope it helps.
>
> -pete
>
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