Well, looking back onto my email from [EMAIL PROTECTED] notifying me of my cvs account, it doesnt even contain links to any documentation. At the very least a link to related materials for newcomers would be nice to have to get people started. Not that it's very hard to find on our own, it would just save us some time :)
Since the system was established mainly for PHP code contributions, and the rule there is that people should have some background in PHP development helping to get a CVS account, they should be familiar with CVS (should have an anonymously checked out source root and should be able to make diffs, prepare commits). Anonymous cvs instructions can be found on the PHP website. This is why there is no information there...
Goba