[documentation] CVS Checkout Instructions Wrong -- please verify

[Shai Gluskin]

Here is a quote from the How to check out via CVS:
http://drupal.org/node/320

*Checkout a specific Drupal version:*
$ cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous at cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal co -r
DRUPAL-5-5 drupal

I believe what should be written is:

*Checkout a specific Drupal version:*
$ cvs -z6 -d:pserver:anonymous:anonymous at cvs.drupal.org:/cvs/drupal co -r
DRUPAL-5 drupal

The way it is written in the handbook makes it pointless to use cvs in the
first place because the cvs up command won't do anything. It simply looks
for any changes to Drupal 5-3. But there won't ever be any changes to Drupal
5-3. It's done. So it's just like installing a tarred version of 5.3 except
it has a bunch of useless CVS metadata folders in it.

Maybe also the description needs to change a little, because technically it
does do what it says, there is just no point.

There is a huge value in checking it out the way I propose fixing it,
because it makes point upgrades really easy.

I am a newbie to CVS so I didn't feel comfortable fixing it without
consulting someone.

Shai
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