Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 12:48:18 +0000 (UTC) From: Benjamin Kaduk <bjk@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42112 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge Message-ID: <201307021248.r62CmImg033407@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: bjk Date: Tue Jul 2 12:48:18 2013 New Revision: 42112 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42112 Log: Updates for the Tracking a Development Branch section Grammar tweaks for correctness and readability. Add missing punctuation. Prefer <application>svn</application> to <application>SVN</application>; the latter occurred in only one place. Remove a redundant list item about Subversion versus CTM. Approved by: hrs (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Tue Jul 2 11:15:05 2013 (r42111) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge/chapter.xml Tue Jul 2 12:48:18 2013 (r42112) @@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done. <indexterm><primary>snapshot</primary></indexterm> - <para>&os.current; is the latest working sources for &os;. + <para>&os.current; is the very latest source code for &os;. This includes work in progress, experimental changes, and transitional mechanisms that might or might not be present in the next official release of the software. While many @@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done. buildable. These problems are resolved as quickly as possible, but whether or not &os.current; brings disaster or greatly desired functionality can be a matter of when the - source code was synced</para> + source code was synced.</para> </sect3> <sect3> @@ -1288,13 +1288,13 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done. </listitem> <listitem> - <para>A quick way of getting bug fixes, though the fix is + <para>A quick way of getting bug fixes. Any given commit is just as likely to introduce new bugs as to fix existing ones.</para> </listitem> <listitem> - <para>In no way <quote>officially + <para>In any way <quote>officially supported</quote>.</para> </listitem> </orderedlist> @@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done. <para>For these reasons, one should <emphasis>not</emphasis> blindly track &os.stable;. It is particularly important not to update any production servers to &os.stable; without - first thoroughly testing the code in that development + first thoroughly testing the code in a development/testing environment.</para> <para>Except for those users who have the resources to perform @@ -1494,7 +1494,7 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done. to respond if they have any issues to raise concerning the proposed change.</para> - <para>Join the relevant <application>SVN</application> + <para>Join the relevant <application>svn</application> list for the branch being tracked. For example, users tracking the 9-STABLE branch should join the &a.svn-src-stable-9.name; list. This list records the @@ -1510,9 +1510,9 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done. </listitem> <listitem> - <para>To install a new system in order to run monthly + <para>To install a new system running monthly snapshots built from &os.stable;, refer to <ulink - url="&url.base;/snapshots/">Snapshots</ulink>for more + url="&url.base;/snapshots/">Snapshots</ulink> for more information. Alternatively, it is possible to install the most recent &os.stable; release from the <link linkend="mirrors">mirror sites</link> and follow the @@ -1569,13 +1569,6 @@ Fetching 133 new ports or files... done. </listitem> <listitem> - <para>If you need rapid on-demand access to the source and - communications bandwidth is not a consideration, use - <application>Subversion</application>. Otherwise, use - <application>CTM</application>.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> <indexterm> <primary>-STABLE</primary> <secondary>compiling</secondary>
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