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@@ -199,145 +199,5 @@ We think our rules are not too hard. If you have comments, contact us.
 
 
 
-III. Beginners Guide	by David Holm
+III. Beginners Guide
 ====================
-
-When I first got CVS write access I got banned after only a few hours
-because I didn't fully understand this documentation. This part is for
-those of you who have just got CVS write access and want to avoid the
-most common pitfalls leading to CVS ban.
-I will introduce a step-by-step guide explaining how I'm making sure
-that my CVS commits are proper and won't get me banned.
-
-1. You should set up two directoress for MPlayer, one which contains the stable
-   version and has the :ext: option instead of :pserver: in CVS/Root.
-   The other should be your development directory and have the CVS/Root set to
-   :pserver: instead of :ext:, that way you can't commit development code
-   by accident (since only :ext: allows writes).
-   This is my setup:
-   ~/mplayer
-	    /main
-	    /main.dev
-    NOTE: I'll use these directory names from here on in the guide, what you
-    call your directories is entirely up to you. This is _only_ an example.
-
-2. When you are satisfied with the changes in "main.dev" and think you are
-   ready to commit the changes to CVS start by doing the following in the
-   "~/mplayer" dir":
-   diff -Nur -x "CVS" -x ".*" main main.dev > dev2stable
-   dev2stable is the filename for the patchfile, it doesn't matter what you
-   call it.
-
-3. Now comes one of the tricky parts, editing the patch. I prefer using mcedit
-   (comes with Midnight Commander) since it does syntax highlighting in patches
-   (= it uses colors to identify lines =), But most ASCII editors should do
-   (meaning don't use Star Office and save it as a Star Office document for
-   instance ;) I will try to explain this as good as I can.
-
-   Read through the patch and remove all occurrences of:
-
-     * diff -Nur.... that are affecting files YOU have NOT modified. These
-       occur when either main or main.dev are a different version (not checked
-       out at the same time)
-       EVERYTHING from the diff -Nur... line until the next diff -Nur... line
-       are changes to the file specified after the diff options, and ONLY that
-       file.
-
-     * Lines containing "Binary files..." if you add the 'a' switch to -N(a)ur
-       binary files will be added to the patch as well, making it huge and
-       putting a lot of unnecessary data in it (since you seldom commit any
-       binaries).
-
-     * If you find changes within a diff block that you don't want to commit
-       you can delete them if they are the only changes ranging from the
-       @@ -x,y +x,y @@ until the line before the next @@ -x,y +x,y @@. You
-       _cannot_ remove single lines after a @@ -x,y +x,y @@ because that will
-       break the patch!.
-       Example:
-         ...
-         @@ -15,34 +15,6 @@
-         - old_option;
-         + new_option;
-         @@ -65,13 +65,3 @@
-         ...
-
-         OK:
-         ...
-         @@ -65,13 +65,3 @@
-         ...
-
-         Will break patch:
-         ...
-         @@ -15,34 +15,6 @@
-           old_option;
-         @@ -65,13 +65,3 @@
-         ...
-
-       When I end up in a situation where I have to remove just some lines from
-       a block, I leave it alone, remember (write down) which file it is in and
-       then edit the file in "main" after I've applied the patch.
-
-     * Now it's time for applying the patch to the "main" (stable) directory.
-       This should be done in two steps:
-         1. enter "main" and run
-
-               patch -p1 --dry-run < ../dev2stable
-
- 	    -p1 means that you are one level deep (that you have entered the
-            "main" directory and that should be stripped when patching, if you
-            run it from "~/mplayer" you would use -p0).
- 	    --dry-run means that patch does everything it normally does but
-            without modifying ANY files. This is a great way of testing whether
-            your patch works or not.
- 	    "../dev2stable" is your patchfile. (don't forget the '<')
- 	    If the dry run fails, check the line it failed on and figure out
-            why it failed, make a new patch and try again.
-
- 	2. OK, you finally have a working patch, remove --dry-run, patch "main"
-           and you are done with the patching part =).
-
-4. It's almost time for the final step, committing the changes. But first you
-   MUST make sure your changes compile without breaking anything and that it
-   follows the Policy mentioned in section 2. (Read it until your eyes are
-   bleeding if you want to keep CVS access!)
-   Don't worry about object files etc that will be created in your "main" dir,
-   they won't  be sent to CVS on a commit, you must use the add command to add
-   new files (discuss it on dev-eng before adding new files!).
-   Now to make sure your additions follow policy do the following on every file
-   you will commit:
-
-     cvs -z3 diff -u <filename> > <filename.d>
-
-   Of course the output file (<filename.d>) can have any name you want. This
-   will create a file showing the differences between the file on CVS and your
-   updated local file.
-   I will explain some of the policy rules I had a hard time understanding:
-
-     II.5: This means that if for instance you have lines in <filename.d> that
-           look something like this:
-
-             -
-             +
-
-           That means you have added or removed tabs or spaces on that line.
-           That qualifies as a cosmetic change and is disallowed. Edit the
-           file and put back/remove the added/removed tabs/spaces.
-           Rediff the file and make sure the cosmetic changes are fixed.
-
-     II.6: Make sure you read and understand this properly before committing
-           anything. Commit one file at a time!
-
-5. OK, you have a working patch following the CVS policy, excellent work. Now
-   for the final step, committing. This is really simple. Just run the
-   following command in "main" for each file you want to commit:
-
-     cvs -z3 commit -m "<comment (changes)>" <filename>
-     cvs -z3 commit <filename>
-
-   The latter will bring up your default text editor for writing comments (I
-   prefer this method).
-
-You are done, congratulations. If you are certain you have followed all of the
-policy you shouldn't have any trouble with the CVS maintainers at all.
-At first I thought the policy was too strict, but I discussed it with A'rpi and
-he made some very good points, so don't complain.