svn & new pkg system

[Fbsd8]

Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:18:04 -0400
> Fbsd8 <fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> 
>> No body has made a case for NOT including svn in the base system. If it 
>> can be a port there is no reason why it can not be included in the base 
>> system.
> 
> 	Giorgos did when he said "Subversion is a large system, with a ton
> of dependencies" which translates to a lot of work to keep it up to date in
> the base system, and all sorts of fun and games when other things using
> those dependencies need a newer version.
> 

And how is that any different from any other package or pkgng situation.