[documentation] CVS Checkout Instructions Wrong -- please verify

[Shai Gluskin]

Greg and all,

Okay, so I really don't get it. Glad I raised this.

So let's say I have a CVS version of 5.6 installed.

At the command line I navigate to the Drupal directory.

And then I go:
cvs up -r DRUPAL-5-7

Please confirm.

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.

Thanks,

Shai


On 2/5/08, Greg Knaddison - GVS <Greg at growingventuresolutions.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 5, 2008 7:50 PM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:
> > Maybe also the description needs to change a little, because technically
> it
> > does do what it says, there is just no point.
>
> The point is that you get a cvs checkout instead of a tarball.  cvs
> checkouts come with all sorts of benefits like being able to do "cvs
> up -r DRUPAL-5-7" to upgrade to a specific tag.
>
> Changing it to say "-r DRUPAL-5" would be a mistake in my opinion
> because then people are using just whatever is at the tip of that
> branch.   The tip of branches is often unstable and has more bugs than
> point releases.  It also makes support harder:
>
> Q: Which version are you running?
> A: A cvs checkout from DRUPAL-5 that I did a week ago.
>
> That makes debugging quite a bit harder than "the DRUPAL-5-7 TAG".
>
> So, I propose we leave it as is and then link to (and create, if
> necessary) some docs that mention how to use cvs to update between
> point releases.
>
> Regards,
> Greg
>
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