Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 18:27:35 +0200 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [RFC] remove GNU rcs from FreeBSD 12 Message-ID: <20160911162735.3pzigynb74mxycqs@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfoLV6BiSgdyj0eP=MN3K5bEd8h1nkdRKG=a3EAgGK1ZQQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <20160911133804.a7j7p3x2viqzcpec@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <CANCZdfoLV6BiSgdyj0eP=MN3K5bEd8h1nkdRKG=a3EAgGK1ZQQ@mail.gmail.com>
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--ariyxu7z3ng6ynuf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 10:17:26AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@freebsd.org> wr= ote: > > hi, > > > > For long we are planning to remove GNU rcs from base, after a failed at= tempt > > before FreeBSD 10.0. Let see where we are to be able to remove it from = FreeBSD > > 12. > > > > GNU rcs is a GPLv2 software with newer version being GPLv3 preventing a= ny > > updates/fixes. > > > > From previous discussions there were issues that has been raised in pre= vious > > attempts: > > - ident(1) is still useful given we still have Keywords in our sources.= It has > > been replaced by a BSD Licensed version (enhanced to improve compatib= ility > > with Subversion Keyword) for FreeBSD 11. So that tool will remain in = base > > after removal of GNU rcs. >=20 > So no affect. >=20 > > - etc-update uses merge(1) from GNU rcs, this has been changed in head = to use > > diff3 instead. >=20 > Also no effect. Is our diff3 still the gpl'd one, or has bsd-diff > finally grown that functionality? Not yet bsd diff and bsd diff3 are very far from mature, however the sdiff(= 1) part has landed as I have finished it. I still have plans for other diff components. Best regards, Bapt --ariyxu7z3ng6ynuf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJX1YWAAAoJEGOJi9zxtz5asLkP/0ZG6Xi+g8Tj9yG/4e4C0n5Q FABvxp4FD1Es3ov2pjI3z1h/Tp15Yhipmdw906y+wPO7Y1RYGf84uHGg8KeOGC/Z aBWG4eQAYanX4gM6rM9J4C+bVHoyVRaS/t2D06uUYY+JDBEIx8obiDSNkIJtNcyI XbiJ69kFz7co6QtaO0h0GXUp8PrSgqIiq+FaHt9N0nbkovtRr0iynnquVvbxOkwH KQ5RAvKmlWcX2xWAQwz9wKGsuk5RMqtuMSDM/wfjBz+Z3z8PRaGjF2bkHfa4Rm/S QOIa6+GR3VU4jx+/i+dUEcUacmPEU5We38B70UiWfJ8s04mwuEcmJkH+9fE6fD9w CIr2mvKEhoLoe9c1stKDaKpuEcMsQmLSpIe0XIxpIlz0XmPQgCShyqgXtYrfuNiU QkD75kKfu8KqjhOMX5rgGgkyA5PMClXuLAU2NO9aPdGnkND5WCVIhtTOEgRIOWji wKkUDvMoonk7ML1JQT6iKrKhRYCByTthm4E2yXKNlPtcQRdhlBxfqaSqVZP3hCf8 XyvCQ4H4zyhtj2oobL2o0+qCFj/ivReSUJFP2g/33V2DYvst5GcA4//tms+Tv/aD gHcnQ1sdfmK/+i6kFNVVHi/BUG3W4czLz6DHeARWNlGp4wjbQYzSiCactjcOEOAJ ISPqXceuNxq1F1JPvg9d =Ypfp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ariyxu7z3ng6ynuf--
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