On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 09:37:07PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2011-Sep-07 01:35:54 -0600, Chad Perrin <c...@apotheon.net> wrote: > > > > One thing I've seen come up that I definitely think would be a good > > idea, though, is more accessible documentation of the CVS "attic", > > though. I had no idea such a thing existed for old FreeBSD ports > > until fairly recently, and still don't know much about it. > > Any VCS worthy of the name will retain history for objects that no > longer exist because you might want to look at the state as it was at > some point in the past when that object still existed. CVS stores the > RCS masters for these deleted files is a subdirectory 'Attic' under > the original directory. The data is only accessible via CVS - either > using a local repository or via CVSweb. As an example, look at: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/audio/xmms/?hideattic=0
My understanding is that you are saying "attic" is just the standard term for CVS history. Is that the case, or do I misunderstand your point? > > > > I would think that the porter's handbook, at least, should mention it > > (perhaps with a brief explanation of why and how one might make use > > of it). > > Again, it comes down to someone with the knowledge, motivation and time > to write the content. I'm aware of that. I just wanted to support the notion so that someone with the knowledge and time might be encouraged to have the motivation. It seemed to get lost in the argumentative back-and-forth about other details in the discussion, and I thought it would be a shame for this matter to go ignored because of that. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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