On Wed, Sep 07, 2011 at 09:25:15AM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: > 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?
Almost correct. "Attic" is the standard term for where CVS stores files that have been deleted. -- <Insert your favourite quote here.> Erik Trulsson ertr1...@student.uu.se _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"