From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 8 06:08:09 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9426F84; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 06:08:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkeramidas@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ee0-f54.google.com (mail-ee0-f54.google.com [74.125.83.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F362735; Fri, 8 Feb 2013 06:08:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ee0-f54.google.com with SMTP id c41so1871743eek.13 for ; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:08:02 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=6OXHr3ZgXT1M0DEwbWRh2Aj3XukXY7XdWhjctwqHOjY=; b=DB7PYRUIiC+HsgxuP2BJYuH0PaPHD7qJ4kq4EGYCrscer9tdZqtExZ5RC70TuIMA8V PI6CIhr4F7qbhcKbm/cizudg4+qWgN6AiIRIRb18jhcrpTdJmYYMgCOK9BvB2mvSXOl1 alQrCiFtyOZARVHxjHupcuSylD/2KCZXwgNI2/Dw0px6ToebxxYywV+5YEUJFHCNLsk2 wLyVPfmKSGdHy+xLYAJ8r1akbxvs8BSlWkLvfCD6yQauHFTwymaKUqazn6T4lM45JzQO ySDMlOrj4eDrO++hkp+oLGLP/VCNmM3qE2VV7k5wtIpm9uactnYzpfWPfWn0cHZJPddm MANg== X-Received: by 10.14.179.5 with SMTP id g5mr12451427eem.41.1360303681821; Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:08:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from saturn (217-162-217-29.dynamic.hispeed.ch. [217.162.217.29]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b2sm45461833eep.9.2013.02.07.22.08.00 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:08:00 -0800 (PST) Sender: Giorgos Keramidas Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 07:07:58 +0100 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Glen Barber Subject: Re: Do we really need articles/cvs-freebsd anymore? Message-ID: <20130208060757.GA30828@saturn> References: <20130208055308.GA30647@saturn> <20130208055755.GE81339@glenbarber.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130208055755.GE81339@glenbarber.us> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2013 06:08:09 -0000 On 2013-02-08 00:57, Glen Barber 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.