Some proposed changes for consistency and readability.
Regards,
Index: anoncvs.html
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+++ anoncvs.html 8 Sep 2015 15:16:29 -0000
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ source repositories:
<ul>
<li><b>src</b> - Houses all source code for the OpenBSD Operating System.
<li><b>ports</b> - Houses the <a href="faq/ports/index.html">OpenBSD
Ports</a>.
- <li><b>www</b> - Houses all OpenBSD web pages. (Including this one).
+ <li><b>www</b> - Houses all OpenBSD web pages (including this one).
<li><b>xenocara</b> - Houses OpenBSD's active X.org v7 source tree.
<li><b>X11</b> and <b>XF4</b> - Houses OpenBSD's adaptation of the
<a href="http://www.XFree86.org/";>XFree86-3</a> and XFree86-4
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ with only one part of the tree. The two
which contains the files used to create the kernel, and <tt>src.tar.gz</tt>
which contains all the other "userland" utilities.
In general, however, you will usually want both of them installed.
-Assuming the downloaded files, <tt>src.tar.gz</tt>,
+Assuming the downloaded files <tt>src.tar.gz</tt>,
<tt>sys.tar.gz</tt> and <tt>xenocara.tar.gz</tt> are in <tt>/usr</tt>:
<pre>
@@ -135,11 +135,12 @@ Assuming the downloaded files, <tt>src.t
</pre>
<p>
-Not all people will wish to unpack all the file sets, but as the system
+Not all people will wish to unpack all the source files, but as the system
must be kept in sync, you will generally need to set up all trees.
<p>
-You can also just use cvs(1) to "<b>checkout</b>" the source repository
+You can also just use <a
href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cvs&sektion=1&format=html";>cvs(1)</a>
+to "<b>checkout</b>" the source repository
for you. This is discussed in the <a href="#using">next section</a>.
<p>
@@ -160,16 +161,11 @@ from the <a href="errata.html">errata</a
For more information on these "flavors" of OpenBSD, see
<a href="faq/faq5.html#Flavors">here</a>.
-<p>Once you have decided which tree to follow, you must choose which Anonymous
-CVS server you are going to use. A list of these servers is
-<a href="#CVSROOT">below</a>.
-
-<p>
-Once you have chosen which <a href="#CVSROOT">Anonymous CVS Server</a> you will
+<p>Once you have decided which tree to follow, and which <a
href="#CVSROOT">Anonymous CVS Server</a> you will
use, you can start using cvs. For those of you
who have CDs you can start with the CVS checkout that is on the CD by using
the method <a href="#starting">above</a> to get the sources onto your system.
-If you don't have a CD handy, use the method below to checkout the sources.
+If you don't have a CD handy, use the method below to checkout the sources:
<p>
<ul><li>First, start out by `get'-ing an initial tree:
@@ -210,9 +206,11 @@ Confirm this, and the fingerprint will t
...
</pre>
+<p>
Note that the above format with SHA256 fingerprints was added after the
release of OpenBSD 5.6; older versions only use MD5 fingerprints.
+<p>
<li> Anytime afterwards, to `update' this tree:
<p> (If you are following <i>current</i>):
<pre>
@@ -234,7 +232,7 @@ to merge changes in.
<li> NOTE:
If you are updating a source tree that you initially fetched
from a different server, or from a CD, you <strong>must</strong>
-add the <em>-d [cvsroot]</em> option to cvs.
+add the <em>-d [cvsroot]</em> option to cvs:
<pre>
# <strong>cd /usr/src</strong>
# <strong>cvs -d [email protected]:/cvs -q up -Pd</strong>
@@ -295,11 +293,11 @@ directory, and a subsequent update will
<p>
The anoncvs service gives fledgling developers a chance to learn CVS
-operation and get thoroughly involved in the development process
+operations and get thoroughly involved in the development process
before getting "commit" access -- as a result of showing useful
skills and high quality results they will naturally later be given
developer access.
-As well, people providing patches can create their "diff"s relative
+As well, people providing patches can create their diffs relative
to the CVS tree, which will ease integration.
<h3><a name="EXAMPLE"><font color="#0000e0">Example usages for cvs(1)</font>
