[LLVMdev] Subversion Conversion (IMPORTANT)

[Chris Lattner]

On Tue, 26 Jun 2007, Reid Spencer wrote:
> I know we've cried wolf before, but the conversion of the LLVM projects'
> software to use Subversion instead of CVS *WILL* occur on Friday June
> 29th with the following approximate schedule:

Great, I'm glad to see this happening.  Thanks for making it happen.

One request: when the change goes live, please make sure the various user 
documentation and web site pieces are updated to say how to check out form 
SVN instead of CVS.

-Chris

>      * 09:00 CDT (14:00 UTC, 07:00 PDT) - CVS becomes read-only
>        (commits prevented)
>      * 09:05 CDT (14:05 UTC, 07:05 PDT) - Final conversion to SVN
>        starts
>      * 11:45 CDT (16:45 UTC, 09:45 PDT) - SVN conversion completes
>      * 12:00 CDT (17:00 UTC, 10:00 PDT) - SVN read/write access
>        enabled.
>
> Please note that the process will start at 09:00 CDT but the other times
> are approximate as it depends on how long things take to run. We'll send
> out emails on the day before and during the process to keep you
> informed.
>
> If you need to get things committed to CVS prior to conversion, please
> make sure its done by 14:00 UTC on Friday June 29th. We'll be using the
> USNO Master Clock (http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl), you
> should to.
>
> In the next few days (before cut-over on Friday) there are a few things
> you need to do to handle this change:
>
>      * Make sure you have Subversion 1.4.3 installed on your machine so
>        you can check out. Older versions will work but may lack
>        features available in 1.4.
>      * Update any scripts or programs you use to checkout/list/commit
>        LLVM software to use Subversion (svn) command instead of the cvs
>        command.
>      * Try a test checkout via anonymous access using the URL:
>        http://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk When you use this
>        URL (http based) you will only have anonymous read-only access.
>        Commits will be rejected.
>      * If you have commit access, try a few test commits on the SVN
>        repository. You can access this now by checking out with this
>        URL: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk. (note the
>        https).  This repository will be updated twice per day between
>        now and Friday when it goes live. PLEASE NOTE: any commits you
>        make to this repository before the cut over on Friday WILL BE
>        LOST! Feel free to make commits as we need to test the email
>        notification scripts, but don't make commits you want to keep
>        there. CVS is still the official repository until the cut over
>        on Friday.
>      * If you run a nightly tester, please add "-usesvn" to the command
>        line that runs the NewNightlyTest.pl script. This will cause
>        NewNightlyTest.pl to check out from Subversion instead of CVS.
>        If you have your own copy of NewNightlyTest.pl, get a new
>        version.
>
> In the next couple of days we will be converting other services like
> ViewVC to use Subversion instead of CVS. By Friday, everything should be
> good to go.
>
> For full details and latest status, please refer to
> http://llvm.org/SVNMigration.html
>
> Reid.
>
>
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-Chris

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