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Date:      Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:26:44 -0500
From:      "Isaac (.ike) Levy" <ike@blackskyresearch.net>
To:        Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Cc:        docs@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Patrick McEvoy <patmcevoy@mac.com>, doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: users fetching source
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On Jan 29, 2013, at 11:56 AM, Eitan Adler wrote:
> On 29 January 2013 11:27, Isaac (.ike) Levy <ike@blackskyresearch.net> =
wrote:
>> Hi Patrick,
>> On Jan 29, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Patrick McEvoy wrote:
>>=20
>>> Hello,
>>> I just spoke to Eitan and he suggested I contact you. I have put =
together the audio and slides from Eitans last talk at NYCBUG and would =
like to put together a blurb at the end regarding users fetching source. =
While speaking to Eitan I mentioned the work Ike and others have done =
consolidating notes here: https://wiki.freebsd.org/UsersFetchingSource
>>> He mentioned that you guys may be doing something with this page. If =
so are you planning to change the URL? I would like to have a one stop =
page for info to help ease the transition and would like it to be a URL =
I can count on not going dark a few months after I put the video on =
Youtube. If you have any ideas or suggestions, I am all ears.
>>> Thank you for all your work on FreeBSD.
>>=20
>> I started that wiki page to consolidate the complexities of the =
issue, to help it's resolution.
>>=20
>> I'll be happy to make sure that url continues to exist for some time, =
hopefully, replacing/archiving the page contents once a solution is in =
place that the FreeBSD community feels is adequate.
>>=20
>> Currently, John Mehr has exciting work happening towards a solid =
"svnup" utility, and I've been off on the ctm list hacking on a "ctmup" =
stop-gap in shell.
>>=20
>> --
>> Regardless, I'll do my best to make sure that page keeps up with the =
issue, and I can make sure the URL is there for at least some months to =
come.
>>=20
>> I just updated the top of the page to tell people the URL is =
important.
>=20
> Of further interest is https://wiki.freebsd.org/CvsIsDeprecated which
> is the content of the page that the CVS exporter will direct people
> to.
>=20
> This page will eventually be turned into a page on the website instead
> of the wiki.

Good one- I just linked to it from the UsersFetchingSource page- thanks =
Eitan!

Best,
.ike





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