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Old 6th September 2013
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Originally Posted by scraft View Post
...they may adhere to traditions rather than reason....
Hello, and welcome!

Some projects may have valid reasons to prefer a tool set you do not.
  1. I found this thread on the NetBSD pkgsrc mailing list that may interest you, it starts here.
  2. There are Fossil and Git mirrors available for you to use, so you can avoid CVS. See this and that.
I don't use NetBSD, so cannot comment on the project's choices. I use OpenBSD instead, and for that project I perceive the key reasons to use CVS are commit management procedures, complexity of migration to new tech, and risk avoidance. A recent discussion thread starts here.