On 01-09-2026 19:54, Leah Rowe wrote:
> 
> i think the fact that openbsd uses cvs has hampered its development 
> drastically. i can't prove that. i do think if it started to use git 
> everywhere, maybe with something like forgejo (as well as a mailing 
> list), then the project would become much more accessible to contributors.
> 
> i really just hate cvs. i hate it so much that i'm planning to write a 
> program that converts my git patches into cvs patches, so that Landry is 
> happy and doesn't have to do less work. then i get to keep using git.
> 
> cvs is slow, and really hard to use. of course, for openbsd's branchless 
> development model, git's branching features don't really mean much, but 
> still.
> 
> openbsd is amazing, and i think it would be even more amazing if people 
> could contribute to it more easily. none of the modern developers i 
> speak to use cvs. none. it's all git nowadays.
> 
I believe that is the reason that Game of Trees exists 
https://gameoftrees.org/