Remove the paragraph about adding binary files to CVS. Replace the instances of CVS with git.
X-Gentoo-Bug-URL: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=558642 Signed-off-by: Gokturk Yuksek <gokt...@binghamton.edu> --- ebuild-maintenance/text.xml | 19 +++---------------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml index ac68dcd..10709ea 100644 --- a/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-maintenance/text.xml @@ -42,22 +42,9 @@ above 20KB) which should be distributed as tarballs via the <uri link="::general-concepts/mirrors/#suitable-download-hosts">Gentoo mirror system</uri> so that people do not waste excessive amounts of bandwidth and hard drive space. Also, you should not add binary (non-ASCII) files to the -Portage CVS tree. If you need to do this in another CVS tree, for -example, if you need to add a small PNG graphic for whatever reason, -be sure to add it to CVS by using the <c>-kb</c> option, like so: -</p> - -<pre caption="Adding binary files to CVS"> -# <i>cvs add -kb myphoto.png</i> -</pre> - -<p> -The <c>-kb</c> option tells CVS that <path>myphoto.png</path> is a binary -file and should be treated specially. For example, merging the -differences between two different versions of this file should not be -allowed to happen, for obvious reasons. Also, speaking of merging +git tree. Also, speaking of merging changes, any patches you add to Portage should generally <e>not</e> be -compressed. This will allow CVS to merge changes and correctly inform +compressed. This will allow git to merge changes and correctly inform developers of conflicts. </p> @@ -149,7 +136,7 @@ simply, <path>1.0-gentoo.diff</path>. Also note that the <path>gentoo</path> extension informs people that this patch was created by us, the Gentoo Linux developers, rather than having been grabbed from a mailing list or somewhere else. Again, you should not compress these -patches because CVS does not play well with binary files. +patches because git does not play well with binary files. </p> <p> -- 2.4.10
