From owner-p4-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 5 09:09:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: p4-projects@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 32767) id A4531106568C; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:09:55 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: perforce@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 498EF106568A for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:09:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rene@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (repoman.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD238FC08 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:09:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rene@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repoman.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3599tZg024522 for ; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:09:55 GMT (envelope-from rene@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from perforce@localhost) by repoman.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n3599tFD024520 for perforce@freebsd.org; Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:09:55 GMT (envelope-from rene@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 09:09:55 GMT Message-Id: <200904050909.n3599tFD024520@repoman.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repoman.freebsd.org: perforce set sender to rene@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Rene Ladan To: Perforce Change Reviews Cc: Subject: PERFORCE change 160222 for review X-BeenThere: p4-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: p4 projects tree changes List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 09:09:57 -0000 http://perforce.freebsd.org/chv.cgi?CH=160222 Change 160222 by rene@rene_self on 2009/04/05 09:09:02 committers-guide: incorporate comments of keramida Affected files ... .. //depot/projects/docproj_nl/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml#22 edit Differences ... ==== //depot/projects/docproj_nl/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml#22 (text+ko) ==== @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ RELENG_6 (6.X-STABLE), RELENG_7 (7.X-STABLE), - . (-CURRENT) + HEAD (-CURRENT) @@ -285,7 +285,11 @@ combined under a single CVSROOT when distributed via CVSup for the convenience of our users. The src tree is automatically exported to - CVS. + CVS for compatibility reasons only (e.g. + CVSup). The official + src repository is not stored in + CVS but in Subversion. The official + and exported trees are not necessarily equal. Note that the www module containing sources for the FreeBSD website is @@ -485,7 +489,7 @@ Check out the Tools module as it was on March 25th, 2009: - &prompt.user; cvs co -D'03/25/2009' Tools + &prompt.user; cvs co -D'2009-03-25' Tools You will not be able to commit modifications. @@ -502,7 +506,7 @@ Note that cvs stores metadata in subdirectories named CVS. - Similarly, SVN stores metadata in subdirectories named + Similarly, Subversion stores metadata in subdirectories named .svn. Arguments to and @@ -856,10 +860,6 @@ - Use the option if you realize that - you left out important information from the commit message. - This seems only possible with CVS. - Good commit messages are important. They tell others why you did the changes you did, not just right here and now, but months or years from now when someone wonders why some @@ -1580,10 +1580,14 @@ &a.committers; - repository-committers is the entity that the version control system uses to send you all your + cvs-committers is the entity that the version control system uses to send you all your commit messages. You should never send email directly to this list. You should only send replies to this list when they are short and are directly related to a commit. + + There is a similar list, svn-committers, which has a + similar purpose but is a normal list, i.e. you are free to + send any suitable message to this list.