Bug#1095421: O: rcs -- The GNU Revision Control System
Hi Debian, Assistance GNUisances team here :)
We currently have 2 people listed as GNU RCS maintainers: Amin Bandali
and Paul Eggert (both CC'd). Amin volunteered after Thien-Thi's fatal
accident and Paul seems to have been an RCS maintainer even before
Thien-Thi became one.
A quick glance at the archives of one of RCS mailing lists shows that
at least Paul is still active [1].
[1] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-rcs/
For managing hierarchy of files in something like a software project
everyone is likely to pick a modern VCS like Git or Mercurial, I agree.
Nonetheless, I've recently met with opinion that there's no better
single-file VCS than RCS. So there's at least this niche use case.
Hope this helps. Best!
Wojtek
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On Fri, 07 Feb 2025 18:45:09 +0100
Romain Francoise <rfrancoise@debian.org> wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: rcs@packages.debian.org
> Control: affects -1 + src:rcs
>
> I intend to orphan the rcs package. It is in good shape from the Debian
> perspective, however the software itself can now be considered legacy.
> Unfortunately the upstream maintainer passed away a few months ago and
> it's not clear that RCS will be picked up by someone else in the GNU
> project.
>
> I guess the package could also be removed along with its reverse
> dependencies to no great loss to the project as a whole.
>
> The package description is:
> The Revision Control System (RCS) manages multiple
> revisions of files. RCS automates the storing, retrieval,
> logging, identification, and merging of revisions. RCS is
> useful for text that is revised frequently, for example
> programs, documentation, graphics, papers, and form letters.
> .
> Note: this package contains certain general-purpose commands
> (such as merge or ident) which may used by other programs
> installed on your system.
>
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