Re: Account for cvs

[Ross Golder <ross golder org>]

What I was looking for was the URLs of any conflicting documentation, so
someone who might be able to investigate (CCed) could evaluate and
compare them and perhaps address the points you mention below.

Thanks.

--
Ross

On อา., 2005-09-11 at 15:37 +0300, Dov Grobgeld wrote
> Ok, lets see. The docs say:
> 
> > In order to access CVS, you will need to first set up some environment variables. If you will be using the main CVS repository [requires a gnome.org CVS account with a registered public SSH key], you will need to set the environment variable 'CVS_RSH' to
> > 
> >    ssh
> > 
> > and the environment variable 'CVSROOT' to
> > :ext:[username] cvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome
> 
> I think here would be appropriate to describe where to receive the username.
> 
> > In the case of using one of the anonymous CVS repository mirrors, you will only need to set the environment variable 'CVSROOT' to the following value:
> >
> >    :pserver:anonymous anoncvs gnome org:/cvs/gnome
> > 
> >  The next thing you will need to do is login to the CVS server. You generally only need to do this once and it will be remembered for the future. You can do this by typing in the following command
> >
> >    cvs login
> 
> This is not necessary for ssh, which should be noted.
> 
> Ok, so it wasn't a mess, but you should add:
> 
>    1. Where to get the gnome cvs user name.
>    2. Fix the comment about cvs login so that it is clear that it
> relates to pserver only.
> 
> Regards,
> Dov