From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 1 20:18:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: arch@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9B9216A420; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:18:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gad@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtp3.server.rpi.edu (smtp3.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8994743D46; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 20:18:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gad@FreeBSD.org) Received: from [128.113.24.47] (gilead.netel.rpi.edu [128.113.24.47]) by smtp3.server.rpi.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k21KI8vJ006951; Wed, 1 Mar 2006 15:18:09 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20060301170306.GZ55746@elvis.mu.org> References: <20060301170306.GZ55746@elvis.mu.org> Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 15:18:07 -0500 To: Maxime Henrion , arch@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org From: Garance A Drosehn Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-RPI-SA-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) on 128.113.2.3 Cc: Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Importing csup into base X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:18:11 -0000 At 6:03 PM +0100 3/1/06, Maxime Henrion wrote: > >So I think it is now time to import csup in FreeBSD base system >so that our users finally have a way to update their sources >with a bare install, and am requesting comments/opinions/problem >reports on the matter as long as it doesn't degenerate into a >bikeshed. I wonder if we should handle this more like perl (or X11?), where it remains a port, but a port which is always installed along with the base-system install. My hope is that with the new C-based implementation, 'csup' would be useful to other projects. (any cvs-based open-source project, not just operating systems). I would also be happy to see it as part of the freebsd base system, so I only mention the above alternative because I'm wondering what would be the best way to handle a project like this... Whether or not it goes into the base system, I hope more people can take the time to try it out, and make sure that it will be well-tested. >If you would like to see CVS mode happening and can spare some >money, please consider making a donation to my Paypal account >(id mux@FreeBSD.org). I take advantage of this mail to thank >Garance Drosehn that has generously donated me some money to >help me on this task already. I've contributed enough to keep him in caffeine, but certainly not enough to be mistaken for a full-time employer... :-) I have been very happy to see all the recent progress. Even though I do like to work with multiple computer languages (and in fact there is a lot I like about Modula-3), I do think a tool such as cvsup needs to be in a more universally-available and widely-known language. -- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@gilead.netel.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer or gad@FreeBSD.org Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, NY; USA