[svnbook commit] r2605 - trunk/src/en/book

[cmpilato]

Author: cmpilato
Date: Thu Jan  4 23:10:32 2007
New Revision: 2605

Modified:
   trunk/src/en/book/ch-preface.xml

Log:
* src/en/ch-preface.xml
  (svn.intro.whatis, svn.intro.history): Wordsmith away references to
    the repository, a think we've not really explained.


Modified: trunk/src/en/book/ch-preface.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/src/en/book/ch-preface.xml	(original)
+++ trunk/src/en/book/ch-preface.xml	Thu Jan  4 23:10:32 2007
@@ -566,25 +566,21 @@
     <title>What is Subversion?</title>
       
     <para>Subversion is a free/open-source version control system.
-      That is, Subversion manages files and directories over time.  A
-      tree of files is placed into a central
-      <firstterm>repository</firstterm>.  The repository is much like
-      an ordinary file server, except that it remembers every change
-      ever made to your files and directories.  This allows you to
-      recover older versions of your data, or examine the history of
-      how your data changed.  In this regard, many people think of a
-      version control system as a sort of <quote>time
-      machine</quote>.</para>
+      That is, Subversion manages files and directories, and the
+      changes made to them, over time.  This allows you to recover
+      older versions of your data, or examine the history of how your
+      data changed.  In this regard, many people think of a version
+      control system as a sort of <quote>time machine</quote>.</para>
     
-    <para>Subversion can access its repository across networks, which
-      allows it to be used by people on different computers.  At some
-      level, the ability for various people to modify and manage the
-      same set of data from their respective locations fosters
-      collaboration.  Progress can occur more quickly without a single
-      conduit through which all modifications must occur.  And because
-      the work is versioned, you need not fear that quality is the
-      trade-off for losing that conduit—if some incorrect change
-      is made to the data, just undo that change.</para>
+    <para>Subversion can operate across networks, which allows it to
+      be used by people on different computers.  At some level, the
+      ability for various people to modify and manage the same set of
+      data from their respective locations fosters collaboration.
+      Progress can occur more quickly without a single conduit through
+      which all modifications must occur.  And because the work is
+      versioned, you need not fear that quality is the trade-off for
+      losing that conduit—if some incorrect change is made to
+      the data, just undo that change.</para>
 
     <para>Some version control systems are also software configuration
       management (SCM) systems.  These systems are specifically
@@ -641,7 +637,7 @@
         think carefully about better ways to manage versioned data, and
         he'd already come up with not only the name
         <quote>Subversion</quote>, but also with the basic design of the
-        Subversion repository.  When CollabNet called, Karl immediately
+        Subversion data store.  When CollabNet called, Karl immediately
         agreed to work on the project, and Jim got his employer, Red Hat
         Software, to essentially donate him to the project for an
         indefinite period of time.  CollabNet hired Karl and Ben