Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 07:07:58 +0100 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do we really need articles/cvs-freebsd anymore? Message-ID: <20130208060757.GA30828@saturn> In-Reply-To: <20130208055755.GE81339@glenbarber.us> References: <20130208055308.GA30647@saturn> <20130208055755.GE81339@glenbarber.us>
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On 2013-02-08 00:57, Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >On Fri, Feb 08, 2013 at 06:53:10AM +0100, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Now that everything (src, ports, doc) has moved off CVS, does it make >> sense to keep articles/cvs-freebsd around anymore? I think it's >> probably better to point people away from ncvs/dcvs-style setups. >> >> It may also be worth replacing the cvs-freebsd article with something >> that talks about subversion, or even some of the git repositories >> mentioned in https://wiki.freebsd.org/GitWorkflow - but this can be done >> separately. >> >> So what do you think, is it ok to 'svn rm' the cvs-freebsd/ article and >> then look into replacing it with something more modern? > > My personal preference is to ensure we have a matching svn replacement > before removing the cvs-freebsd/ bits, so we do not leave people > straggling with converting from one source control system to another, > or worse, newcomers that cannot find any documentation on the current > source control system. Fair enough. The main point of this article is to help people replicate the CVS setup that FreeBSD uses. I can work on describing how someone can replicate the subversion setup of FreeBSD, including access-control and email notifications, and _then_ we can de-orbit the article and the cvs-freebsd setup.
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