Author: kkolinko Date: Wed Jun 20 10:56:12 2012 New Revision: 1352043 URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1352043&view=rev Log: Add answers to several frequent questions regarding the Git mirrors.
Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/docs/svn.html tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/svn.xml Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/docs/svn.html URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/docs/svn.html?rev=1352043&r1=1352042&r2=1352043&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/site/trunk/docs/svn.html (original) +++ tomcat/site/trunk/docs/svn.html Wed Jun 20 10:56:12 2012 @@ -418,6 +418,31 @@ its projects. See <a href="http://git.ap </p> +<p> +<em>Several notes for the users of Git</em>:</p> + + +<ol> + +<li>The Git repositories at <a href="http://git.apache.org/">http://git.apache.org/</a> + and their clones at GitHub are only mirrors. The official code repository + is the Subversion one, documented above.</li> + +<li>The Git mirrors do not have support for the <code>svn:externals</code> + property.<br> + A consequence of this is that the <strong>tomcat70.git</strong> repository + lacks the source code for the <code>jdbc-pool</code> module. The code comes + from certain revision of Tomcat trunk, as configured by the + <code>svn:externals</code> property that is set on the <code>modules</code> + directory. + To be able to build Tomcat 7, you have to get the missing source code, e.g. + from a source archive of a released version of Tomcat 7.</li> + +<li>To propose a patch, please follow general patch submission guidelines, + documented on the <a href="bugreport.html">Bug Database</a> page.</li> + +</ol> + </blockquote> </p> </td> Modified: tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/svn.xml URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/svn.xml?rev=1352043&r1=1352042&r2=1352043&view=diff ============================================================================== --- tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/svn.xml (original) +++ tomcat/site/trunk/xdocs/svn.xml Wed Jun 20 10:56:12 2012 @@ -124,6 +124,24 @@ http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat</ <p>The Apache Software Foundation provides read-only Git mirrors for its projects. See <a href="http://git.apache.org/">http://git.apache.org/</a> </p> +<p><em>Several notes for the users of Git</em>:</p> + +<ol> + <li>The Git repositories at <a href="http://git.apache.org/">http://git.apache.org/</a> + and their clones at GitHub are only mirrors. The official code repository + is the Subversion one, documented above.</li> + <li>The Git mirrors do not have support for the <code>svn:externals</code> + property.<br/> + A consequence of this is that the <strong>tomcat70.git</strong> repository + lacks the source code for the <code>jdbc-pool</code> module. The code comes + from certain revision of Tomcat trunk, as configured by the + <code>svn:externals</code> property that is set on the <code>modules</code> + directory. + To be able to build Tomcat 7, you have to get the missing source code, e.g. + from a source archive of a released version of Tomcat 7.</li> + <li>To propose a patch, please follow general patch submission guidelines, + documented on the <a href="bugreport.html">Bug Database</a> page.</li> +</ol> </section> </body> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org