[GRASS-SVN] r31246 - grass-web/trunk/devel

[svn_grass at osgeo.org]

Author: neteler
Date: 2008-05-04 17:04:58 -0400 (Sun, 04 May 2008)
New Revision: 31246

Modified:
   grass-web/trunk/devel/svn.inc
Log:
cosmetics

Modified: grass-web/trunk/devel/svn.inc
===================================================================
--- grass-web/trunk/devel/svn.inc	2008-05-04 20:53:30 UTC (rev 31245)
+++ grass-web/trunk/devel/svn.inc	2008-05-04 21:04:58 UTC (rev 31246)
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@
 control for groups of developers. They can work independently and "feed the
 system" (the source code repository) remotely through internet - day and
 night from all over the world. Note, that the SVN write access is
-restricted.
+restricted to experienced developers selected in a selection process
+by the GRASS-PSC.
 
 <p>Even if you do not contribute to the code development, the SVN allows to
 follow development progress easily through read-only access. After
-downloading the full GRASS SVN source code tree, just the future <b>changes</b> will be
-downloaded by using the SVN software. This method reduces further downloads
-for updating your local GRASS sources extremely.
+downloading the full GRASS SVN source code tree, just future <b>changes</b> will be
+downloaded by using the SVN software. This method reduces significantly
+further downloads for updating your local GRASS sources (works even over 56k modem).
 
 <p>Further features of SVN:
 
@@ -50,27 +51,26 @@
 <a NAME="intro"></a><h2>SVN and GRASS development</h2>
 
 The SVN prevents us and you from further GRASS version confusion. As every
-change is under control of the SVN system the current state as well as old
+change is under control of the SVN system, the current state as well as old
 versions can be accessed. This is very important for bug-tracking (finding
 bugs introduced by changes).
 <!--
 <p>
-<a href="http://web.soccerlab.polymtl.ca/grass-evolution/cvs-stat/overall/index.html">CVS statistics for GRASS 6</a>
+<a href="http://web.soccerlab.polymtl.ca/grass-evolution/cvs-stat/overall/index.html">SVN statistics for GRASS 6</a>
 -->
 
 <p>If you download the GRASS sources from the SVN system, you will get the
-latest version existing! Of course, you can also download a previous
-version, if you prefer. Once downloaded the entire GRASS SVN source code tree including
+latest version available. Of course, you can also download a previous
+version as you prefer. Once downloaded the entire GRASS SVN source code tree including
 the SVN-internal subdirectories you can follow the ongoing development
 easily. The "svn update" function downloads only the changes not yet arrived
-on your local copy. The SVN software compares the GRASS source code
+on your local copy. The SVN client software compares the GRASS source code
 version in the SVN-server with your local version.
 
-<p>As GRASS is a rather big package this might be one reason for you to use
-SVN. However, we recommend this only to experienced users who know how to
-compile software. The SVN software is freely distributed <a
+<p>The SVN software is freely distributed <a
 href="http://subversion.tigris.org">here</a> and usually shipped within several
-GNU/Linux distributions. It is available for rather every operating system.
+GNU/Linux and MacOSX distributions. It is available for rather every operating system
+incl. MS-Windows.
 
 <p>The GRASS SVN service is hosted at <a
 href="http://www.osgeo.org">OSGeo Foundation</a>. There is
@@ -120,9 +120,8 @@
 
 <tr BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF" NOSAVE>
 <td NOSAVE><a NAME="web"></a>
-<b>Web site SVN management</b> (developers only)
-<br>Developers have access
-to maintain the GRASS web pages:
+<b>Web site SVN management</b>
+<br>Developers have access to maintain the GRASS web pages:
 <dl>
 <dd>
 <tt>svn checkout https://svn.osgeo.org/grass/grass-web/trunk grass-web</tt>
@@ -133,9 +132,8 @@
 
 <br>See more detailed <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/WebPagesManagement">
 Web Pages Management instructions</a>. The web site is updated
-by a cronjob four times a day. <br>
-Web pages management 
-<a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-web">mailing list</a>.
+by a cronjob hourly. <br>
+Web pages management <a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-web">mailing list</a>.
 </dl>
 </td>
 </tr>
@@ -143,7 +141,7 @@
 <tr BGCOLOR="#CCFFFF">
 <td><a NAME="progman"></a>
 <b>Programmer's manual SVN managment</b> (developers only)
-<br>2004: The document was merged in doxygen style into the source code.
+<br>2004: The document was merged in doxygen style into the source code. Just update there.
 </td>
 </tr>
 </table></center>