stop comparing to CVS

Finish the job of r45149 and remove reference to now undocumented 'better
features' of CVS.

Remove note about difference between location of www repo between CVS
and SVN: we switched long enough ago now that it doesn't matter.

Remove additional comparisons to CVS which likely don't matter to committers
anymore.
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Eitan Adler 2015-03-30 08:25:38 +00:00
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Notes: svn2git 2020-12-08 03:00:23 +00:00
svn path=/head/; revision=46392

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@ -473,28 +473,11 @@ You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.</screen>
The first real <acronym>SVN</acronym> commit is
<emphasis>r38821</emphasis>.</para>
<note>
<para>Part of the <literal>doc/www</literal>
<acronym>CVS</acronym> to <acronym>SVN</acronym> conversion
included an infrastructural change to the build process.
The most notable change is the location of the
&os;&nbsp;website <literal>www</literal> tree, which has
been moved from
<literal>www/<replaceable>lang</replaceable>/</literal> to
<literal>head/<replaceable>lang</replaceable>/htdocs/</literal>.</para>
</note>
<para>The &os; <literal>ports</literal> repository switched
from <acronym>CVS</acronym> to Subversion on July 14th, 2012.
The first real <acronym>SVN</acronym> commit is
<emphasis>r300894</emphasis>.</para>
<para>Subversion has a number of features that
should make developers' lives easier. The most important
advantage to Subversion (and the reason why &os; switched) is
that it handles branches and merging much better than CVS
does. Some of the principal differences are:</para>
<para>Subversion can be installed from the &os; Ports
Collection by issuing these commands:</para>
@ -562,9 +545,7 @@ You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.</screen>
User jarjar</programlisting>
<para>This is the simplest method, but it is hard to tell just
yet how much load it will place on the repository.
Subversion is much faster than <acronym>CVS</acronym>,
however.</para>
yet how much load it will place on the repository.</para>
<note>
<para>The <command>svn diff</command> does not require
@ -594,8 +575,7 @@ You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.</screen>
local repository's UUID has to occur before it is possible
to start using it.</para>
<para>Unlike with <acronym>CVS</acronym>,
the hassle of a local
<para>The hassle of a local
<command>svnsync</command> mirror probably is not worth it
unless the network connectivity situation or other factors
demand it. If it is needed, see the end of this chapter for
@ -869,8 +849,7 @@ You need a Passphrase to protect your secret key.</screen>
<para>Unlike Perforce, <acronym>SVN</acronym> does not need to
be told in advance about file editing.</para>
<para><command>svn commit</command> works like the equivalent
<acronym>CVS</acronym> command. To commit all changes in
<para>To commit all changes in
the current directory and all subdirectories:</para>
<screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn commit</userinput></screen>
@ -1859,9 +1838,7 @@ U stable/9/share/man/man4/netmap.4
<literal>\^/head</literal>.</para>
</note>
<para>It is necessary to resolve any merge conflicts.
This process is the same in <acronym>SVN</acronym> as in
<acronym>CVS</acronym>.</para>
<para>It is necessary to resolve any merge conflicts.</para>
<para>Make sure that any files that were added or removed in
the vendor tree have been properly added or removed in the
@ -2925,7 +2902,7 @@ Relnotes: yes</programlisting>
build infrastructure, approving new documentation
committers, and ensuring that the &os; website and
documentation on the FTP site is up to date with respect
to the CVS tree. It is not a conflict resolution body.
to the <application>subversion</application> tree. It is not a conflict resolution body.
The vast majority of documentation related discussion
takes place on the &a.doc;. More details regarding the
doceng team can be found in its <link