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 <title>LON-CAPA Software Developer Guide</title>
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 <body>
 <h1>LON-CAPA Software Developer Guide</h1>
 <p>
-January 17, 2001</i>
-<br /><i>Last updated, August 14, 2002</i>
+Created: <i>January 17, 2001</i>
+<br />Last updated: <i>January 9, 2011</i>
 </p>
 <ol>
 <li><a href="#Using_CVS">Using CVS</a>
 <ul>
-<li><a href="#cvslog">Logging in and out (cvs login; cvs logout)</a></li>
+<li><a href="#cvslog">Setting up cvs access</a></li>
 <li><a href="#cvsupdate">Updating files (cvs update -d)</a></li>
 <li><a href="#cvssave">Saving files (cvs commit)</a></li>
 <li><a href="#cvsadd">Adding files (cvs add)</a></li>
@@ -44,29 +44,25 @@ These instructions assume that you are u
 terminal.
 <ul>
 <li><a name="cvslog" />
-    <h3>Using CVS: Logging in and out (cvs login; cvs logout)</h3>
+    <h3>Setting up cvs access</h3>
 <p>
-In order to log into CVS, CVS needs to be part of your system environment.
+CVS needs to be part of your system environment in order to access the LON-CAPA CVS repository, 
 You can do this by:
 </p>
 <p>
 <font color="#008800">
-<tt>export CVSROOT=:pserver:USERNAME@install.lon-capa.org:/home/cvs</tt>
+<tt>export CVS_RSH=ssh</tt><br />
+<tt>export CVSROOT=:ext:USERNAME@source.lon-capa.org:/home/cvs</tt>
 </font>
 </p>
-<p>
-To actually login, you will need to execute the following command:
-</p>
-<p>
-<font color="#008800">
-<tt>cvs login</tt>
-</font>
-</p>
-<p>
-You are then prompted for a password.
-If you do not have a password, or the password is not working, you
-should contact <a href="mailto:helen@lon-capa.org">helen@lon-capa.org</a>.
-</p>
+<br />
+To actually issue CVS commands you will need to: 
+<br /><br />
+<ol>
+<li>Have installed the CVS client, e.g., <font color="#008800"><tt>yum install cvs</tt></font></li>
+<li>Have been issued a CVS account, (send a request to the <a href="mailto:helpdesk@loncapa.org">LON-CAPA helpdesk</a>)</li>
+<li>Have generated public and private keys via <font color="#008800"><tt>ssh-keygen -t dsa</tt></font> and sent the public key to the LON-CAPA helpdesk for installation on the CVS server.</li>
+</ol>
 <p>
 The first time you use CVS, you need to CHECKOUT the repository.
 Generally speaking, you need to checkout <tt>loncapa</tt> only once
@@ -80,14 +76,6 @@ To check-out the repository, use the <tt
 <tt>cd loncapa</tt>
 </font>
 </p>
-<p>After completing work with the CVS repository,
-you can log out:
-</p>
-<p>
-<font color="#008800">
-<tt>cvs logout</tt>
-</font>
-</p>
 </li>
 <li><a name="cvsupdate" />
     <h3>Using CVS: Updating files (cvs update -d)</h3>
@@ -196,10 +184,10 @@ cvs commit FILENAME
 Note that CVS typically invokes the
 <a href="http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html">vi</a> editor and solicits
 comments about your latest changes to the software.   Your comments should be
-both short yet uniquely descriptive.  For example:
+descriptive and informative.  For example:
 </p>
 <ul>
-<li><strong>BAD</strong> - "made some changes and am drinking soda"</li>
+<li><strong>BAD</strong> - "saving my work"</li>
 <li><strong>GOOD</strong> - "implemented syntax checking of perl scripts
 with -c flag"</li>
 </ul>
