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Date:      Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:56:08 -0500
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        "Isaac (.ike) Levy" <ike@blackskyresearch.net>, Isabell Long <issyl0@freebsd.org>
Cc:        docs@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, doc@freebsd.org, Patrick McEvoy <patmcevoy@mac.com>
Subject:   Re: users fetching source
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On 29 January 2013 11:27, Isaac (.ike) Levy <ike@blackskyresearch.net> wrot=
e:
> Hi Patrick,
>
> On Jan 29, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Patrick McEvoy wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I just spoke to Eitan and he suggested I contact you. I have put togethe=
r the audio and slides from Eitans last talk at NYCBUG and would like to pu=
t together a blurb at the end regarding users fetching source. While speaki=
ng to Eitan I mentioned the work Ike and others have done consolidating not=
es here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/UsersFetchingSource
>> He mentioned that you guys may be doing something with this page. If so =
are you planning to change the URL? I would like to have a one stop page fo=
r info to help ease the transition and would like it to be a URL I can coun=
t on not going dark a few months after I put the video on Youtube. If you h=
ave any ideas or suggestions, I am all ears.
>> Thank you for all your work on FreeBSD.
>
> I started that wiki page to consolidate the complexities of the issue, to=
 help it's resolution.
>
> I'll be happy to make sure that url continues to exist for some time, hop=
efully, replacing/archiving the page contents once a solution is in place t=
hat the FreeBSD community feels is adequate.
>
> Currently, John Mehr has exciting work happening towards a solid "svnup" =
utility, and I've been off on the ctm list hacking on a "ctmup" stop-gap in=
 shell.
>
> --
> Regardless, I'll do my best to make sure that page keeps up with the issu=
e, and I can make sure the URL is there for at least some months to come.
>
> I just updated the top of the page to tell people the URL is important.

Of further interest is https://wiki.freebsd.org/CvsIsDeprecated which
is the content of the page that the CVS exporter will direct people
to.

This page will eventually be turned into a page on the website instead
of the wiki.



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Eitan Adler



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