Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 23:24:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Beat Gaetzi <beat@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40563 - head/share/xml Message-ID: <201301102324.r0ANODse071028@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: beat (ports committer) Date: Thu Jan 10 23:24:12 2013 New Revision: 40563 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40563 Log: Add news entry about ports CVS EoL Revised by: pgj Approved by: gjb Modified: head/share/xml/news.xml Modified: head/share/xml/news.xml ============================================================================== --- head/share/xml/news.xml Thu Jan 10 22:51:44 2013 (r40562) +++ head/share/xml/news.xml Thu Jan 10 23:24:12 2013 (r40563) @@ -34,6 +34,28 @@ <name>1</name> <day> + <name>10</name> + <event> + <title>Ports CVS End of Life on February 28th 2013</title> + + <p>The development of &os; ports is done in Subversion + nowadays. By February 28th 2013, the &os; ports tree will + no longer be exported to CVS. Therefore ports tree updates + via CVS, CVSup or csup(1) will no longer be available after + that date. All users who use CVS, CVSup or csup(1) to + update the ports tree are encouraged to switch to + portsnap(8) or for users which need more control over their + ports collection checkout, use Subversion directly. More + information are available in the announcement mail on the <a + href="&lists.ports-announce;/2012-September/000026.html">&os; ports announce mailing list</a>.</p> + + <p>A migration guide from CVSup or csup(1) to portsnap(8) is + also available in <a + href="&url.doc.base-en;/books/handbook/ports-using.html#cvsup-migration">the &os; Handbook</a>.</p> + </event> + </day> + + <day> <name>8</name> <event>
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