Derek, I am not greatly into editing wiki's so I decided to follow the advice at http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ#New_Answers and post my suggestions here. I also noted in that section both of the text indicators "[email protected]" have url's pointing at http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs perhaps the text indicators should be "[email protected]"?
1) The links in http://ximbiot.com/cvs/wiki/index.php?title=CVS_FAQ#What_are_the_best_practices_for_implementing_CVS_in_an_organization perhaps should point to http://www.tldp.org/REF/CVS-BestPractices/html/ and/or http://www.tldp.org/REF/CVS-BestPractices/ as these copies still exist. Also I think references to http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/acme/ and http://www.cmcrossroads.com/yp/ would be good general purpose CM links for best practices. 2) In Larry's answer to "Re: Best practices for initial import and versioning" this morning, I recognized a question that I think has become reasonably FAQ. I think it belongs either under "3 General Repository Administration" or "8 Other Questions and Unsorted Questions with answers" Q. What is the best branching practice to use with CVS? A. It is generally said on the mailing list that "it less painful if development is done on the trunk and releases are branched for maintenance. This way, the merge-backs are fewer when main development is going on. You will have to merge fixes from the maintenance branches to the main trunk after a release but this is less of a headache because these are generally smaller and easier to manage than merging all the changes that would be made on a development branch." [Russ Sherk] But the correct branching practice also depends on the way you want to development, so you should also consult documentation that discusses code management branching in a general way, such as "Streamed Lines: Branching Patterns for Parallel Software Development" http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/acme/branching/ -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter _______________________________________________ Bug-cvs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-cvs
