Contrib Redesign: What is CVS

This is essentially the existing CVS section (http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs) without the "Maintaining d.o projects" part, which will be moved into the new "Contributing code" section.

# What is CVS and how Drupal uses it -------- http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs
* Introduction to CVS/RCS -------- http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/introduction (need to add in some RCS overview to explain what it all means in broader way that people can grok)
* CVS Usage Policy/Guidelines ------- http://drupal.org/node/103704
* CVS GUIs and clients ------- http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/clients
* Drupal repositories ------- http://drupal.org/repos
* Drupal branches and tags ------- http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/branches-and-tags
* Quick reference sheet ------- http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/quickstart
* CVS/Project FAQ ------- http://drupal.org/handbook/cvs/faq

I'm going to mark this CNR so we know that the first pass on it is done.

Once upon a time, when webchick and I wrote/reorganized/edited all of the CVS docs as the "new" release system went live, we identified 2 key audiences for CVS docs:

A) people using CVS to get drupal code, contribute patches, etc.
B) people using CVS to maintain drupal code and contrib projects.

At that time, all the docs were clearly organized with those two audiences in mind. Since then, there have been various edits to the CVS docs that have blurred this distinction, reordered things to break the flow, etc. I haven't been able to keep up.

Sounds like this issue is about re-splitting the docs with these two basic audiences in mind. If that's the goal, big +1 from me. ;)

However, my only concern about moving them too "far" apart in the handbooks is that people in group B also need to read and know all the stuff as the folks in group A. So, wherever the maintainer docs end up, they need to include a lot of cross references to the general CVS docs.

Thanks,
-Derek

yep, the two sections, about CVS and contributing code, will be next to each other in the handbook and cross-linked heavily. :) We should also make sure to keep all of the CVS tool info here and link to it from the setting up a dev env. section.

i'm gonna mark this one RTBC since I think we have marked the pages/sections we need.

FYI: I unpublished http://drupal.org/node/212366 since it seems like mostly duplicate info, not all of which is actually right. ;) Someone needs to give that page a lot more love before it belongs in the handbooks as if it's discussing "best practices".

Well yeah after the first "gross" reorg, each new section is going to need a thorough review/cleanup. CVS is pretty much at the top of my list for that. :-)

More Policy/Guidelines:
http://drupal.org/node/84256
http://drupal.org/node/773

Moved and reorganized. Further work on the CVS sections will be in other issues.