Greg and all,<br><br>Okay, so I really don't get it. Glad I raised this.<br><br>So let's say I have a CVS version of 5.6 installed.<br><br>At the command line I navigate to the Drupal directory.<br><br>And then I go: <br>
cvs up -r DRUPAL-5-7<br><br>Please confirm.<br><br>That would suggest that it's the upgrade part of the instructions that are the most incomplete. One benefit of me going through this learning process is that I think I'll be able to improve the docs.<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>Shai<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 2/5/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Greg Knaddison - GVS</b> <<a href="mailto:Greg@growingventuresolutions.com">Greg@growingventuresolutions.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Feb 5, 2008 7:50 PM, Shai Gluskin <<a href="mailto:shai@content2zero.com">shai@content2zero.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Maybe also the description needs to change a little, because technically it<br>> does do what it says, there is just no point.<br>
<br>The point is that you get a cvs checkout instead of a tarball. cvs<br>checkouts come with all sorts of benefits like being able to do "cvs<br>up -r DRUPAL-5-7" to upgrade to a specific tag.<br><br>Changing it to say "-r DRUPAL-5" would be a mistake in my opinion<br>
because then people are using just whatever is at the tip of that<br>branch. The tip of branches is often unstable and has more bugs than<br>point releases. It also makes support harder:<br><br>Q: Which version are you running?<br>
A: A cvs checkout from DRUPAL-5 that I did a week ago.<br><br>That makes debugging quite a bit harder than "the DRUPAL-5-7 TAG".<br><br>So, I propose we leave it as is and then link to (and create, if<br>necessary) some docs that mention how to use cvs to update between<br>
point releases.<br><br>Regards,<br>Greg<br><br>--<br>Greg Knaddison<br>Denver, CO | <a href="http://knaddison.com">http://knaddison.com</a><br>World Spanish Tour | <a href="http://wanderlusting.org/user/greg">http://wanderlusting.org/user/greg</a><br>
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