svn commit: r1409873 - /subversion/README

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Author: cmpilato
Date: Thu Nov 15 16:38:51 2012
New Revision: 1409873

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1409873&view=rev
Log:
* /subversion/README
  Update the top-level directory listing and descriptions, and massage
  the `EDITING THE HISTORY' section a bit for flow and readability.

Modified:
    subversion/README

Modified: subversion/README
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/subversion/README?rev=1409873&r1=1409872&r2=1409873&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- subversion/README (original)
+++ subversion/README Thu Nov 15 16:38:51 2012
@@ -25,38 +25,45 @@ WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN HERE
                     something needs to change, we move it to
                     branches and work on it there.
 
+   site/ .......... Subversion project website materials.
+
    developer-resources/
                     Miscellaneous things that might (or might not) be
                     of interest to developers.
 
-   svn-logos/ ..... Results of the Subversion 1.0 Logo Contest.
+   upstream/ ...... Vendor branches of third-party tools used by (and
+                    modified for use by) Subversion.
 
-   mk.xiv/ ........ Ruminations about Subversion 2.
+   svn-logos/ ..... Results of the Subversion 1.0 Logo Contest.
 
 
 EDITING THE HISTORY
 ===================
 
-In August and December, 2003, the ^/clients tree was pruned from history and
-split into separate repositories:
+Subversion's code's history began on March 1, 2000, initially stored in
+a CVS repository.  On August 31, 2001, the code moved to a Subversion
+repository, without converting history (cvs2svn didn't exist then).
 
-http://thread.gmane.org/20110816181429.GA14116%40daniel3.local
-(dev@, August 2011, "Did we have ^/clients?")
+In August and December, 2003, the ^/clients tree was pruned from
+history and split into separate repositories:
 
+   http://thread.gmane.org/20110816181429.GA14116%40daniel3.local
+   (dev@, August 2011, "Did we have ^/clients?")
 
 On March 5, 2008, in the run up to the 1.5.0 release, svn:mergeinfo
 properties were removed, and svnmerge-integrated properties transformed
 into svn:mergeinfo properties:
 
-http://thread.gmane.org/47CEC9BD.6070205%40collab.net
-(dev@, March 2008, "[IMPORTANT] The repositories at svn.collab.net have been migrated")
-
-
-Subversion's code's history began on March 1, 2000, initially stored in
-a CVS repository.  On August 31, 2001, the code moved to a Subversion
-repository, without converting history (cvs2svn didn't exist then).  The
-next section describes how the pre-self-hosting history was stitched
-back together.
+   http://thread.gmane.org/47CEC9BD.6070205%40collab.net
+   (dev@, March 2008, "[IMPORTANT] The repositories at svn.collab.net
+       have been migrated")
+
+In November 2009, Subversion's version control history was migrated
+into the Apache Software Foundation's unified source code repository.
+As part of this migration, Subversion's original CVS-based version
+control history and its Subversion-based history were stitched
+together.  See the following section (`REVISIONIST HISTORY') for
+details.
 
 
 REVISIONIST HISTORY
@@ -71,7 +78,7 @@ opportunity to migrate not just their Su
 history, but also the CVS history of the project which covered the
 time period between the founding of the project and its August 31,
 2001 self-hosting milestone.  The following describes the process that
-C. Michael Pilato used to stitch those two streams of history
+C. Michael (Mike) Pilato used to stitch those two streams of history
 together.
 
 1. Using cvs2svn (http://cvs2svn.tigris.org), Mike converted all CVS