Ubuntu Server Guide - VCS docs

[Bryce Harrington]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 11:35:46AM +0200, Daniel Watkins wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2019 at 11:19:59AM +0200, Paride Legovini wrote:
> > Bryce Harrington wrote on 12/09/2019:
> > > In the server guide, there are pages for git, bzr, and subversion.  All
> > > three explain basic usage of the client tool; the git page includes
> > > directions for installing the gitolite server.
> > > 
> > > Given the prevalence of git these days, I don't think the server docs
> > > need to maintain the bzr and subversion client directions, and I think
> > > it is safe to assume most readers will know at least the minimal amount
> > > of git documented here.  So I would like to propose we drop all the VCS
> > > client usage content.
> > 
> > I'm +1 for dropping the non-git VCS, but should we decide to keep Bazaar
> > we should update the guide and switch from bzr to brz, which is a
> > drop-in replacement for bzr written in Python3.
> 
> Worth noting that neither bzr nor brz are in main post-bionic, so I
> suspect we should just drop it.

- "Tools - bzr" is deleted
- "Tools - subversion" is deleted

(Discourse shows these can be undeleted if desired, fwiw.)

> > > The gitolite service docs, I would like to move to their own page, named
> > > "Version Control - Gitolite" or similar (suggestions?)
> > 
> > This would fit well under "Services", even if the section is getting a
> > bit overcrowded.
> 
> (Though it also looks like gitolite was never in main, so I guess being
> a universe package is not necessarily disqualifying. :)

- Removed the git basic usage directions
- Renamed page to "Services - Gitolite"

I agree we have too much labeled as 'Services - *' for it to be an
efficient category, and would favor a different categorizational scheme,
but that can be a task for another day.

Bryce

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