Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:40:21 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r45149 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide Message-ID: <201406290740.s5T7eLcM064693@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Sun Jun 29 07:40:21 2014 New Revision: 45149 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/45149 Log: Stop comparing svn to CVS. We havn't used CVS in a long time, and its unlikely that new contributors have either. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml Sun Jun 29 07:40:20 2014 (r45148) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml Sun Jun 29 07:40:21 2014 (r45149) @@ -443,13 +443,6 @@ You need a Passphrase to protect your se <link xlink:href="http://svnbook.red-bean.com/">Subversion Book</link>.</para> - <para><link - xlink:href="http://wiki.freebsd.org/SubversionMissing">There - is a list of things missing in Subversion when compared to - CVS</link>. The notes at <uri - xlink:href="http://people.freebsd.org/~peter/svn_notes.txt">http://people.freebsd.org/~peter/svn_notes.txt</uri>; - might also be useful.</para> - <sect2 xml:id="svn-intro"> <title>Introduction</title> @@ -479,59 +472,17 @@ You need a Passphrase to protect your se The first real <acronym>SVN</acronym> commit is <emphasis>r300894</emphasis>.</para> - <para>Subversion is not that different from - <acronym>CVS</acronym> when it comes to daily use, but there - are differences. Subversion has a number of features that + <para>Subversion has a number of features that should make developers' lives easier. The most important advantage to Subversion (and the reason why &os; switched) is that it handles branches and merging much better than CVS does. Some of the principal differences are:</para> - <itemizedlist> - <listitem> - <para>Commits are atomic.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Revision numbers apply across the repository—all - files that were modified in the same commit have the same - revision number.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Branching and tagging are namespace operations.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Directories are versioned.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Files and directories can have arbitrary, versioned - metadata attached to them.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>Files and directories can be copied, with full history - tracking.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>No more contortions due to <acronym>CVS</acronym> - weakness such as applying &man.patch.1; files at compile - time in order to avoid touching vendor branch code.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> - <para>No more repo-copies.</para> - </listitem> - </itemizedlist> - <para>Subversion can be installed from the &os; Ports Collection by issuing these commands:</para> - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /usr/ports/devel/subversion</userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>make clean install</userinput></screen> + <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>pkg install subversion</userinput></screen> + </sect2> <sect2 xml:id="svn-getting-started">
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