Quoth Peter G. <[email protected]>: > > > On 12/03/2026 03:36, hahahahacker2009 wrote: > > Vào Thứ 4, 11 thg 3, 2026 vào lúc 19:19 Peter G. > > <[email protected]> đã viết: > >> this. the problem is also nonsensical. people scream "but we love CVS, > >> we used it for 29 years, we are never giving it up" but then at the same > >> time they say "all them links we had active for a decade dead? no > >> problem eh" > >> > > > > Is switching between VCS easier than writting a new drivers? > > Some say yes. But many say no. > > > > OpenBSD 7.8 removed support for ``legacy virtio'' which is still in use in > > qemu. > > And the ircnow.org machines are now stuck at 7.7 because we haven't got > > the ``modern virtio'' drivers for Plan 9. > > (And a web developer have to write a virtio 1.0 driver for Plan 9, > > which involves > > fixing interrupts, fixing ACPI, parsing AML, which Plan 9 never did before.) > > > > You simply don't know why people are so cautious on upgrading softwares, > > or moving from one to another. > > > > but this argument only proves my point. don't cling to obsolete > software. don't rely on EOL (or close to EOL) solutions. manage and plan > projects better. > > legacy virio wasnt dropped by surprise overnight. it was planned and > announced in advanced, wasn't it? somebody who relied on it just didn't > adjust for that. > > look what FreeBSD does cutting of support for any version RELEASE minus > 1. it makes people keep up with it. >
There's an in-house CVS still in development[1]. Feel free to help out with development so we don't have to worry about GNU CVS going EOL. [1]: http://www.opencvs.org/ -- noodle
