Re: documentation on release build process change (svn -> git)?

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 05:43:07PM +0000, Glen Barber wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 01:32:06PM -0400, Michael Butler wrote:
> > Is there any documentation around the changes to the release build
> > system from SVN to GIT?
> > 
> > I currently keep a mirrored SVN repo and the revised release scripts
> > seem not to have that as a build option. Can I still use this or do I
> > need to throw it all out and start over?
> > 
> > With one target machine being a 700MHz Pentium-3, building locally is
> > not a practical option,
> > 
> 
> You should be able to override VCSCMD, GIT{ROOT,SRC,PORTS,DOC}, and
> {SRC,DOC,PORTS}BRANCH in a local release.conf (see release.conf.sample).
> 

Note, not entirely tested, however, since future snapshots and 13.0 will
be exclusively built from the git sources.

Glen