From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 29 07:40:22 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 02EBAD69; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:40:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D9F742154; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:40:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s5T7eLle064694; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:40:21 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s5T7eLcM064693; Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:40:21 GMT (envelope-from eadler@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201406290740.s5T7eLcM064693@svn.freebsd.org> From: Eitan Adler Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:40:21 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 07:40:22 -0000 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 Subversion Book. - There - is a list of things missing in Subversion when compared to - CVS. The notes at http://people.freebsd.org/~peter/svn_notes.txt - might also be useful. - Introduction @@ -479,59 +472,17 @@ You need a Passphrase to protect your se The first real SVN commit is r300894. - Subversion is not that different from - CVS when it comes to daily use, but there - are differences. Subversion has a number of features that + 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: - - - Commits are atomic. - - - - Revision numbers apply across the repository—all - files that were modified in the same commit have the same - revision number. - - - - Branching and tagging are namespace operations. - - - - Directories are versioned. - - - - Files and directories can have arbitrary, versioned - metadata attached to them. - - - - Files and directories can be copied, with full history - tracking. - - - - No more contortions due to CVS - weakness such as applying &man.patch.1; files at compile - time in order to avoid touching vendor branch code. - - - - No more repo-copies. - - - Subversion can be installed from the &os; Ports Collection by issuing these commands: - &prompt.root; cd /usr/ports/devel/subversion -&prompt.root; make clean install + &prompt.root; pkg install subversion +