Hello world, I've had a bunch of conversations recently where I had to (re)explain aspects of Drupal's usage of CVS, how it fits in with projects and releases, etc. This message is for 2 things: 1) to remind the developer community about the existing resources, and 2) to solicit input for improvement. 1) What's there now: http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs The root of the d.o CVS handbooks. Tons (probably too much) of great info. http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/quickstart An attempt at a very concise summary of the main things you need to know to get up to speed quickly. Lots of even senior Drupal developers apparently don't know this page exists, so everyone should check it out. http://drupal.org/node/197584 "Releases and Update Status" -- a page about how the release system interacts with update_status (thanks, GHOP!), including links to the talk I gave at BADCamp about this topic. No, it's not a Lullabot podcast, but it's almost as good. ;) 2) Call for help: I'll be the first to admit that what we have is confusing, and the docs aren't ideal. The problem is that I know all this stuff, so it's hard for me to document it well from the perspective of someone who doesn't. ;) So, now's your chance to help make it better: - What do you think the docs need to be more clear? - I just started http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/faq -- what should be in it? See what's there already, and add comments to the page if you have other suggestions. - Other than documentation, what could be done to make all this more smooth and effortless? My deepest thanks go out to nancyw and add1sun, who've agreed to watch this thread and help wrangle suggestions into concrete progress. My hands are very full getting project* ported to D6 so we can upgrade d.o, and other related tasks. Thanks, -Derek (dww) p.s. Warning: if someone replies to this thread with "svn", "git", or "bzr", you'll be very sorry. ;) This isn't confusing because of CVS itself, it's because revision control in general is confusing if you're not used to it. Drupal's choice of revision control system is not up for discussion now (believe me, you'll know when it is). Thanks in advance for not wasting everyone's time.