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Remove the suggestion that we export the src and ports trees to CVS

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still - it's only partially true for src and no longer true for ports.

I initially reworded it to add the history here, but eventually
settled on simply removing the paragraph entirely as the extra
detail is no longer necessary, and certainly not necessary in what
is supposed to be a brief introduction to FreeBSD.

Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
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Gavin Atkinson 2013-03-06 18:03:01 +00:00
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@ -818,7 +818,7 @@
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>The SVN and CVS repositories<anchor
<term>The SVN repositories<anchor
id="development-cvs-repository"/></term>
<listitem>
<indexterm>
@ -862,35 +862,13 @@
Project and Ports Collection repositories also moved
from <application>CVS</application> to
<application>SVN</application> in May 2012 and July
2012, respectively.</para>
<para>While the <literal>src/</literal> and
<literal>ports/</literal> repositories now use
<application>SVN</application>, client side tools like
<application>csup</application> that depend on the older
<application>CVS</application> infrastructure, continue
to work normally &mdash; changes in the
<application>SVN</application> repository are backported
to <application>CVS</application> for this purpose.
Unlike <literal>src/</literal> and
<literal>ports/</literal>,
the documentation <application>SVN</application>
repository is not backported to
<application>CVS</application>.</para>
<para>The primary <application>CVS</application>
<ulink
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">repository</ulink>
resides on a machine in Santa Clara CA, USA
from where it is replicated to numerous mirror machines
throughout the world. The
<application>SVN</application> tree, which contains the
<link linkend="current">-CURRENT</link> and <link
linkend="stable">-STABLE</link> trees, can all be
easily replicated to your own machine as well. Please
2012, respectively. Please
refer to the <link linkend="synching">Synchronizing
your source tree</link> section for more information on
doing this.</para>
obtaining the &os; <literal>src/</literal> repository
and <link linkend="ports-using">Using the Ports
Collection</link> for details on obtaining the &os;
Ports Collection.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>