Re: CVS priority standard?

[Erich Schubert <erich@debian.org>]

> what REAL reason do we have for placing a tool for development in
> standard?  I am more inclined to see rcs moved to optional as well.

I'd prefer that too...

I'd suggest using popularity-contest for such decisions.
[...]
autoconf               731   244   143     0
gcc-2.95               713   167   186     0
autoconf2.13           637    76   122     0
cvs                    533   246   336     1
g++                    495   514   280     1
[... 12 packages ...]
libgtk1.2-dev          316   201   295     0
rcs                    306   692    71     1
gdb                    287   427   506     1
[...]

So it looks like cvs is used more than rcs...
i'd suggest removing rcs from standard as well.
(I use cvs everyday, but i can't remember typing rcs...)
maybe add "autoconf" to standard instead - that really helps everyone
who tries to build software himself ;)

Greetings,
Erich