On 20 Jun 2013, at 20:34, Warner Losh <i...@bsdimp.com> wrote: > People trying new versions of FreeBSD. Some of them install the release, > others might install a snapshot, some will do an install world. But if it > worked in release 9.3 and broke in 9.4, then to find where they would need to > install an svn port to get all the points in between. > > Not having to install a port, possibly a port that got messed up by the world > you just build, is a big win for me in my mind. Users often have commented to > me that running FreeBSD gets harder and harder with more hoops to jump > through to do things that used to be easy. Installing svn is one more hoop. > It, by itself isn't a huge hoop, but if we can avoid that hoop we should. > > I do mind installing a port to do this. We've kicked too much out of the tree > in the name of anti-bloat, and frankly I'm glad to see this.
This rationale makes sense to me. > I think insisting on a definitive statement on svn lite's mission statement > is a way to obstruct progress. Sometimes you just need to things because they > feel right, not because they have been through a 20-step approval process... When we add something to base, it should always be for a reason with a defined use-case that can't be (easily) solved by existing means. I think we have that rationale now, and I'm happy. A long discussion could have been circumvented by providing it up-front. David
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