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Date:      Mon, 7 Oct 2013 14:14:41 -0700
From:      Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca>
To:        "freebsd-current@freebsd.org" <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: rcs is gone?
Message-ID:  <EBF54472-4DF9-42AB-9577-B7CEFFFFFA1E@orthanc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <F9A84DDF-EC24-42F2-9B34-F5041946293D@orthanc.ca>
References:  <29D748F4-5E38-4587-BC7F-0141234C2F62@orthanc.ca> <F9A84DDF-EC24-42F2-9B34-F5041946293D@orthanc.ca>

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On 2013-10-07, at 2:08 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> wrote:

> And sorry, what I left out was how having ci/co in the base is =
immensely helpful with the installer scripts I write.  The server =
installation scripts I've cooked up use ci(1) to keep a record of =
changes made during the (possibly customized) installation process.  =
This is impossible if there isn't a basic RCS in the base system.

Finally, an issue with missing SCCS in the base is for those of us who =
work in shops behind an air-gapped firewall.

"Install from ports" is a non-starter.  Our development systems will =
never be connected to the internet for a ports upgrade.  In this =
environment, in-base RCS is a very useful tool.=



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