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Date:      Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:00:06 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Isabell Long <issyl0@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r40502 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports
Message-ID:  <201212292300.qBTN06m7066979@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: issyl0
Date: Sat Dec 29 23:00:05 2012
New Revision: 40502
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40502

Log:
  The Ports tree has now migrated to Subversion, so change the wording of
  the migration warning text in the Handbook chapter.
  
  Requested by:	gavin
  Approved by:	gjb (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml	Sat Dec 29 22:31:40 2012	(r40501)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.xml	Sat Dec 29 23:00:05 2012	(r40502)
@@ -1055,10 +1055,9 @@ Deinstalling ca_root_nss-3.13.5... done<
       available in &man.ports.7;.</para>
 
     <warning>
-      <para>As of late 2012, the &os; Ports Project is in the
-	process of migrating revision control systems from CVS to
-	Subversion.  As a result, these instructions are in a state of
-	change.  The preferred mechanism for general ports use is
+      <para>As of mid 2012, the &os; Ports Project has migrated revision
+	control systems from CVS to Subversion.  The preferred method
+	for obtaining and maintaining the ports tree is
 	<application>Portsnap</application>.  Users requiring local
 	customization of ports (that is, maintaining additional local
 	patches) will probably prefer to use Subversion directly.  The



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