[svnbook commit] r3148 - trunk/src/en/book

[cmpilato]

Author: cmpilato
Date: Mon Jun 16 14:11:52 2008
New Revision: 3148

Log:
* src/en/book/ch00-preface.xml
  s/BerkeleyDB/Berkeley DB/.   Lose a bunch <quote> tags.  Don't refer
  to svn:externals as a feature (it's an implementation; "externals
  definitions" is the feature).


Modified:
   trunk/src/en/book/ch00-preface.xml

Modified: trunk/src/en/book/ch00-preface.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/src/en/book/ch00-preface.xml	(original)
+++ trunk/src/en/book/ch00-preface.xml	Mon Jun 16 14:11:52 2008
@@ -1039,9 +1039,9 @@
           <term>Subversion 1.1 (September 2004)</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>Release 1.1 introduced FSFS, a flat-file repository
-              storage option for the repository.  While the BerkeleyDB
+              storage option for the repository.  While the Berkeley DB
               back-end is still widely used and supported, FSFS has
-              since become the <quote>default</quote> choice for
+              since become the default choice for
               newly-created repositories due to its low barrier to
               entry and minimal maintenance requirements.  Also in
               this release came the ability to put symbolic links
@@ -1054,18 +1054,17 @@
           <term>Subversion 1.2 (May 2005)</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>Release 1.2 introduced the ability to create
-              server-side <quote>locks</quote> on files, thus
-              serializing commit access to certain resources.  While
-              Subversion is still a fundamentally concurrent version
-              control system, certain types of binary files (art
-              assets, for example) cannot be merged together.  The
-              locking feature fulfills the need to version and protect
-              such resources.  With locking also came a
-              complete <quote>auto-versioning</quote> implementation,
-              allowing Subversion repositories to be mounted as
-              network folders.  Finally, Subversion 1.2 began using a
-              new, faster binary-differencing algorithm to compress
-              and retrieve old versions of files.</para>
+              server-side locks on files, thus serializing commit
+              access to certain resources.  While Subversion is still
+              a fundamentally concurrent version control system,
+              certain types of binary files (art assets, for example)
+              cannot be merged together.  The locking feature fulfills
+              the need to version and protect such resources.  With
+              locking also came a complete WebDAV auto-versioning
+              implementation, allowing Subversion repositories to be
+              mounted as network folders.  Finally, Subversion 1.2
+              began using a new, faster binary-differencing algorithm
+              to compress and retrieve old versions of files.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -1086,13 +1085,13 @@
           <term>Subversion 1.4 (September 2006)</term>
           <listitem>
             <para>Release 1.4 introduced a whole new
-              tool—<command>svnsync</command>— for doing
+              tool—<command>svnsync</command>—for doing
               one-way repository replication over a network.  Major
               parts of the working copy metadata were revamped to no
               longer use XML (resulting in client side speed gains),
-              while the BerkeleyDB repository back-end gained the
-              ability to automatically <quote>recover</quote> itself
-              after a server crash.</para>
+              while the Berkeley DB repository back-end gained the
+              ability to automatically recover itself after a server
+              crash.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>
 
@@ -1109,8 +1108,7 @@
               user-focused features, such as interactive resolution of
               file conflicts, partial checkouts, client side
               management of changelists, powerful new syntax for
-              the <literal>svn:externals</literal> feature, and SASL
-              authentication support for
+              externals definitions, and SASL authentication support for
               the <command>svnserve</command> server.</para>
           </listitem>
         </varlistentry>