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Subject: Re: Pointers to CVS 2 GIT imports and gateways
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On 5/9/05, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> What would be the point?  The reason for bkcvs was that bk wasn't
> available to everyone.

Ease of transition for other automated tasks, perhaps? I don't know
what bits and pieces of infrastructure hang from the old BK-CVS
changeset distribution infrastructure.

Some projects do count on CVS gateways even if they use smarter SCMs.
This is not just because of licensing issues -- sometimes portability
and preexisting tools trump SCM changes.

regards,


martin