However cvs isn't required for "self hosting".

The compiler, sure. CVS?? That's just there for people doing direct development
and I agree shouldn't be in the tree.

James

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>> Subject: Re: Third party source [was re: airport codes.]
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>> But not all users are developers (lowercase 'd'), by a long shot, and
>> including developer-only tools that developers can easily get from pkgsrc
>> is hardly compelling.
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>That way lies total madness.  The proof is available in any proprietary
>OS distribution I've ever worked with.
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>Any OS available in source should be 100% totally self-hosting (though
>cross-build support is of course a highly desirable attribute too!).
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