[PATCH] update www/faq.html entry about Subversion filesystems

[Gabor Szabo <sz...@gmail.com>]

I have been reading the FAQ and I think there are a number of points that 
might need improvement. Here is a patch for one of the entries.


update www/faq.html entry about Subversion filesystems


Gabor

Re: [PATCH] update www/faq.html entry about Subversion filesystems

[Gabor Szabo <sz...@gmail.com>]

On 27 Jun 2005 10:25:30 -0500, kfogel@collab.net <kf...@collab.net> wrote:
> 
> Thanks.  Some pointers:
> 
> A fully-formatted log message helps.  (See HACKING.)
> 

thanks for the pointers

  Gabor

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Re: [PATCH] update www/faq.html entry about Subversion filesystems

[kf...@collab.net]

Gabor Szabo <sz...@gmail.com> writes:
> I have been reading the FAQ and I think there are a number of points
> that might need improvement. Here is a patch for one of the entries.
> 
> update www/faq.html entry about Subversion filesystems

Thanks.  Some pointers:

A fully-formatted log message helps.  (See HACKING.)

> Index: faq.html
> ===================================================================
> --- faq.html	(revision 15176)
> +++ faq.html	(working copy)
> @@ -345,14 +345,23 @@

Please use a path relative to the top of the trunk tree, that gives us
a standard place from which to apply all patches.

>  <p>No.  The "Subversion Filesystem" is not a kernel-level filesystem that
>  one would install in an operating system.  Instead, it refers to the
> -design of Subversion's repository.  The repository is built on a
> +design of Subversion's repository.  The repository is built on either a
>  database (currently <a href="http://www.sleepycat.com">Berkeley
> -DB</a>) and exports a C API that <i>simulates</i> a filesystem -- a
> +DB</a>) or on a filesystem (currently
> +<a href="http://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/notes/fsfs">FSFS</a>)
> +and exports a C API that <i>simulates</i> a filesystem -- a
>  versioned filesystem.  Thus writing a program to access the repository
>  is like writing against other filesystem APIs.  The main difference is
>  that this particular filesystem doesn't lose data when written to; old
> -versions of files and directories are saved.</p>
> +versions of files and directories are saved.
> +</p>

I like the spirit of this change, but felt it didn't really clarify
things, so checked in r15179 instead.

(The last bit is a formatting tweak that only distracted from the real
change anyway, by the way.  We try not to mix formatting changes with
substantive changes.)

Thanks,
-Karl

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