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Re: Bug#323855: ITP: opencvs -- OpenBSD CVS implementation with special emphasis in security



On Sat, 2005-08-20 at 14:20 -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org> writes:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 07:31:38PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> >> > > most popular open source revision control software.
> >> > 
> >> > And among the most horrible ones.
> >> > 
> >> Agreed.  Why anyone would bother to reimplement an already existing free
> >> tool is beyond me.
> >
> > For several reasons, one being that the BSD folks use CVS extensively, it's
> > part of how the ports system (and upgrades) work. 
> 
> How does their extensive use of it explain why they would reimplement
> it?

Maybe they like the tool, but think it was implemented poorly?

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