Using CVS [was Re: Cvs variant in portfile]

[markd at macports.org]

Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org> writes:
>>> By the way, it should be noted in the new guide that export tarballs
>>> are preferred over checkout ones.
>>> I don't need all of those .svn and CVS, I just want the sources.
>>
>> You mean to state that it is preferred that port authors checkout from
>> CVS, tar up only the source directories, and put it on  
>> macports.org?  As
>> opposed to using fetch.type cvs?
>
>I think he means it is preferable to tar up the output of "svn  
>export" (or whatever the equivalent CVS command is) and put it on  
>macports.org rather than tar up the output of "svn checkout" (or  
>equivalent CVS command) and put it on macports.org.

I see.  I didn't know that.   But if that is true, I would think it is
safe to assume that fetch types "svn" and "cvs" do an "export" or export
equivalent.  Is that true?

Mark