Ben -
Just following up that James will write a hands-on, how-to feature on
Subversion and PHP for PHP Journal #2, scheduled for April 2003.
A separate hands-on, how-to Subversion article is being written for Linux
Magazine, also (coincidentally) for April 03.
Martin Streicher, Editor
Linux Magazine
mstreicher@linux-mag.com
>
> From: "James Cox" <james@imajes.info>
> Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 20:58:57 -0000
> To: "Martin Streicher, Editor"<mstreicher@linux-mag.com>, "Ben
> Collins-Sussman"<sussman@collab.net>, "SVN Dev
> List"<dev@subversion.tigris.org>
> Subject: RE: Subversion in Linux Magazine?
>
> Martin, Ben,
>
> if it works for you then i would really like to do this. I am going through
> the process of installing svn as my repository control, and also as a
> read-only repository for a major open source venture (will let everyone know
> when it's done!)
>
> I have already written CNET articles, and I am working on a book, so i do have
> writing experience.
>
> With that said, and no objections, martin, feel free to hit me up with the
> details!
>
> -- james
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Martin Streicher, Editor [mailto:mstreicher@linux-mag.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 5:59 PM
>> To: Ben Collins-Sussman; SVN Dev List
>> Subject: Re: Subversion in Linux Magazine?
>>
>>
>> Ben, et al.
>>
>> I read the Linux Journal article and thought that piece presented a good
>> rationale and roadmap of Subversion.
>>
>> What I would like to see in Linux Magazine is a hands-on tutorial on how to
>> deploy and use Subversion.
>>
>> If there are no takers, I will suggest the topic to our Compile Time
>> columnist. Compile Time is all about developing code on Linux, and a
>> hands-on tutorial is very appropriate for that column. A hands-on guide would
>> also differentiate our piece from the LJ piece.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> Martin Streicher, Editor
>> Linux Magazine
>> mstreicher@linux-mag.com
>>>
>>> From: Ben Collins-Sussman <sussman@collab.net>
>>> Date: 05 Nov 2002 19:38:15 -0600
>>> To: "Martin Streicher, Editor"<mstreicher@linux-mag.com>, SVN Dev List
>>> <dev@subversion.tigris.org>
>>> Subject: Re: Subversion in Linux Magazine?
>>>
>>
>>> "Martin Streicher, Editor" <mstreicher@linux-mag.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> > My name is Martin Streicher, and I am the Editor of Linux Magazine. Our
>>>> > April 03 issue is focused on software development tools, and I would like
>>>> to
>>>> > know whether Subversion is far enough along to be the topic of a feature
>>>> > article in that issue. I scanned some of the release notes for recent
>>>> builds
>>>> > and see that Subversion is now self-hosting, but I also see that there
>>>> are
>>>> > many features to be implemented.
>>>
>>> Subversion has been self-hosting for over a year, and many people are
>>> using it. It's in the middle of a long march to Beta and 1.0, mostly
>>> bug fixing for the next few months. A number of folks have started using
>>> it.
>>>
>>> I wrote an article about Subversion for Linux Journal last year
>>> (should I mention the competition?!), which is here:
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4768
>>>
>>> That said, I'm also busy collaborating on an O'Reilly book about
>>> Subversion. This pretty much marks me as "too busy to write any more
>>> articles."
>>>
>>> I think is this a *great* opportunity for someone else in our community
>>> to do some writing (and project promotion).
>>>
>>> Who's gonna do it? Step forward!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
Received on Tue Nov 19 02:18:27 2002