Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o>
To: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/3] cvs.eclass: Support EAPI 8, drop EAPI 6 and older
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2021 10:31:07
Message-Id: ur1d2flic@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/3] cvs.eclass: Support EAPI 8, drop EAPI 6 and older by "Robin H. Johnson"
1 >>>>> On Sun, 03 Oct 2021, Robin H Johnson wrote:
2
3 > If they are not, I think it would be reasonable to consider removing
4 > CVS from the tree on 2022/01/01.
5
6 I disagree. It is still useful as a package even if it hadn't any
7 reverse dependencies. For example, it is needed when doing conversions
8 of historical CVS repositories.
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10 Also projects still use it; OpenBSD may be the most prominent example.
11
12 Ulrich

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