From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 11 17:12:12 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F036776 for ; Mon, 11 May 2015 17:12:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from relay.mailchannels.net (ar-005-i191.relay.mailchannels.net [162.253.144.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD7231E85 for ; Mon, 11 May 2015 17:12:10 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: duocircle|x-authuser|hippie Received: from smtp3.ore.mailhop.org (ip-10-33-12-218.us-west-2.compute.internal [10.33.12.218]) by relay.mailchannels.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id BF0EB4474; Mon, 11 May 2015 17:12:02 +0000 (UTC) X-Sender-Id: duocircle|x-authuser|hippie Received: from smtp3.ore.mailhop.org (smtp3.ore.mailhop.org [10.83.15.107]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA) by 0.0.0.0:2500 (trex/5.4.8); Mon, 11 May 2015 17:12:03 +0000 X-MC-Relay: Neutral X-MailChannels-SenderId: duocircle|x-authuser|hippie X-MailChannels-Auth-Id: duocircle X-MC-Loop-Signature: 1431364322963:2020095474 X-MC-Ingress-Time: 1431364322963 Received: from c-73-34-117-227.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([73.34.117.227] helo=ilsoft.org) by smtp3.ore.mailhop.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1YrrFH-0006oY-Kw; Mon, 11 May 2015 17:12:00 +0000 Received: from revolution.hippie.lan (revolution.hippie.lan [172.22.42.240]) by ilsoft.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t4BHBr8B076295; Mon, 11 May 2015 11:11:54 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ian@freebsd.org) X-Mail-Handler: DuoCircle Outbound SMTP X-Originating-IP: 73.34.117.227 X-Report-Abuse-To: abuse@duocircle.com (see https://support.duocircle.com/support/solutions/articles/5000540958-duocircle-standard-smtp-abuse-information for abuse reporting information) X-MHO-User: U2FsdGVkX18VD+ohUnOLMYMPFq0sGq6a Message-ID: <1431364313.6170.238.camel@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What to do about RCS/OpenRCS From: Ian Lepore To: Jos Backus Cc: freebsd-current Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 11:11:53 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: <3137063.YOSa6Au8Xi@ralph.baldwin.cx> <554D1DD5.5080106@FreeBSD.org> <554E2221.1040105@FreeBSD.org> <20150511093100.GC53149@e-new.0x20.net> <20150511161049.GA89855@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20150511162121.GA89954@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.12.10 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AuthUser: hippie X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 17:12:12 -0000 On Mon, 2015-05-11 at 09:27 -0700, Jos Backus wrote: > On May 11, 2015 9:21 AM, "Steve Kargl" > wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 09:12:57AM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: > > >On May 11, 2015 9:10 AM, "Steve Kargl" > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 08:43:06AM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: > > >>> On May 11, 2015 2:31 AM, "Lars Engels" wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 11:27:57AM -0700, Jos Backus wrote: > > >>>>> Maybe off-topic, but functionality-wise it might make > > >>>>> much more sense to import Fossil. RCS has too many limitations > > >>>>> this day and age when better > > >>>>> tools are available. Of course, this would require people to learn > > >>>>> something new, which I know can be a challenge. > > >>>> > > >>>> I really like fossil. But it's still under development, so it > > >>>> would soon be outdated. It's better installed from ports/packages. > > >>> > > >>> It seems OpenRCS is still under development ;-p It's better > > >>> installed from ports/packages, too. > > >>> > > >>> It would give Fossil a recognition boost as a BSD-licensed DVCS. > > >>> > > >> > > >> Please, just stop. Thanks. > > > > > > Like I said, a challenge. > > > > > > > You've completely missed the point. OpenRCS is intended > > to replace ancient GNU RCS, which is already included in the > > base system and used by a few scripts. Fossil is not a > > drop-in replacement for the rcs utilities. > > I didn't miss anything. My point is that debating to update one piece of > obsolete software with another is silly, and that FreeBSD should try to > move forward in this area. But that's hard, as your response indicates. > > This is the last I'll say about this, because it appears the community > isn't ready. Have fun with your ancient version control while Linux > continues to grow in market share. :-( So you're saying that it's not that you're missing the point, it's just that you're trolling the list. That will be remembered. (Of course, it's clear to those who've actually read the thread that you are in fact completely missing the point.) -- Ian