From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 7 02:56:05 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCFBA16A41C for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:56:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rodrigc@crodrigues.org) Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net (sccrmhc13.comcast.net [204.127.202.64]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7622243D49 for ; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:56:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rodrigc@crodrigues.org) Received: from dibbler.crodrigues.org (c-66-30-114-143.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[66.30.114.143]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2005060702560401600duvh1e>; Tue, 7 Jun 2005 02:56:04 +0000 Received: from c-66-30-114-143.hsd1.ma.comcast.net (localhost.127.in-addr.arpa [127.0.0.1]) by dibbler.crodrigues.org (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j572uRwN027260; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:56:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rodrigc@c-66-30-114-143.hsd1.ma.comcast.net) Received: (from rodrigc@localhost) by c-66-30-114-143.hsd1.ma.comcast.net (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j572uQa9027259; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:56:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rodrigc) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 22:56:26 -0400 From: Craig Rodrigues To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050607025626.GA27236@crodrigues.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Subject: "CVS Meister" link in committers guide X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 02:56:05 -0000 Hi, As a new committer try to learn the ropes about how to do a repo copy, I found the following text in the committers guide to be confusing, i.e. why does the "CVS Meister" link point to "conventions"? dwhite@ tried to explain to me what a "CVS Meister" was, and how it was different from a "Repo meister", since you are not supposed to ask a "Repo meister" to do a repo-copy, but it is OK to ask a "CVS Meister" to do a repo copy. In my opinion, the following small tweak to this page clarifies things a bit, by directing the user to various e-mail addresses that are responsible for different parts of the repository. Index: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.223 diff -u -r1.223 article.sgml --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml 14 Apr 2005 02:08:38 -0000 1.223 +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml 7 Jun 2005 02:51:07 -0000 @@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ no login shells available on the repository machines, except to the repomeisters. + Depending on the affected area of the CVS repository, you should send your request to one of the following email addresses: @@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ effectively a &man.mv.1; operation, then a repository copy is in order rather than using CVS add and delete. In a repository copy, a CVS Meister will copy the file(s) + linkend="cvsmeisters">CVS Meister will copy the file(s) to their new name and/or location and let you know when it is done. The purpose of a repository copy is to preserve file change history, or logs. We in the FreeBSD Project greatly -- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org