From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 18:26:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08FC0106564A; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 18:26:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (cl-162.ewr-01.us.sixxs.net [IPv6:2001:4830:1200:a1::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 829A18FC21; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 18:26:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: from lor.one-eyed-alien.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m53IQnpd070721; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:26:50 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks@lor.one-eyed-alien.net) Received: (from brooks@localhost) by lor.one-eyed-alien.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m53IQnw8070720; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:26:49 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from brooks) Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:26:49 -0500 From: Brooks Davis To: Garance A Drosehn , current@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20080603182649.GB70144@lor.one-eyed-alien.net> References: <20080603164503.GC1592@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> <20080603181505.GF1592@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080603181505.GF1592@roadrunner.spoerlein.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (lor.one-eyed-alien.net [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:26:50 -0500 (CDT) Cc: Subject: Re: Subversion documentation for the FreeBSD project? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:26:40 -0000 --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 08:15:05PM +0200, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > On Tue, 03.06.2008 at 13:28:01 -0400, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > > At 6:45 PM +0200 6/3/08, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > > > Hi all, > > >=20 > > > seems like I totally missed the effort to port the FreeBSD CVS to SVN. > > > Is there some documentation around, that describes the New Way for us > > > mere mortals? Specific questions that come to my mind: > > >=20 > > > - How will repository propagation be done in the future? rsync? > > > - Is there one big svn tree or src/ ports/ doc/ seperately? > > > - Did you fixup the CVS repo-copies into real SVN renames? > > > - Will svn(1) ever be part of the base system? > > > - Some statistics about repo-size would be nice :) > >=20 > > It is still a work in progress, and people who do not need commit > > access should (for now) not do anything special. All the CVS-based > > services should still be working, and it is probably best to continue > > to use those for now. It is still possible that we'll hit some > > unexpected cases in subversion, and find that we have to switch right > > back to CVS. >=20 > Ok then, no burned bridges yet :) >=20 > > Please realize that a LOT of work was involved in making this switch > > (none of which was done by me... ahem). So we don't mean to dismiss > > your request or your interest, but we're just not ready with all the > > answers that you would like to see. >=20 > No problem, I'm not in a hurry and applaud the effort in general. I'm > only curious why the "switch" (test?) was/is done in "secret" and no > HEADSUP has been sent so far (or did I miss it?) Primairly because there is no need for one. The $FreeBSD$ values will change (IIRC), but otherwise nothing users need to deal with will change. There is a new interface for developers and users will surly take advantage of it eventually, but for now there are kinks to be worked out so encouraging wider use wouldn't be productive until we're certain things are working. -- Brooks > I hope people don't mind me dragging the issue out into the open... >=20 > Cheers, > Ulrich Spoerlein > --=20 > It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, > than to speak, and remove all doubt. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFIRYzpXY6L6fI4GtQRAiFAAKDK2Sr4BMNNxvaSTxZbujRmlAA+UgCdGDCw 0UFtLE1nHm7vbqqs+KTe3a0= =31Mt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kXdP64Ggrk/fb43R--