Need a high profile cvs transition page, easily reachable, at a stable url.

[Peter Wemm]

At some point when we turn off svn->cvs exporters we need to point
people to a well established, permanent address with a short
need-to-know and an index of where to get more info in the handbook.

I'd imagine something like www.freebsd.org/cvs-transition.html

And on the short and sweet page (don't overload people):
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Say that cvs was transitioned in 2008 for src, 2011 for doc, 2012 for ports.

If they were using cvsup for src, they should use the subversion
port/package and check out from a mirror (and a link to the svn mirror
list: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/mirrors-svn.html)

If they were using cvsup to check out ports (in checkout mode), they
should consider portsnap (link to a portsnap primer).
If they were using cvsup for ports cvs, they should use svn on a
mirror. (and the mirror link again)
Point out that if they're not a ports developer they should consider portsnap.

Re-mention freebsd-update and a pointer to info about it.
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The reason why I'm looking for a fixed page is so we can reference it
in the cvs exporter.  And eventually, when svn2cvs is turned off we'll
need to make a final "lights out" commit to the dead cvs tree that
puts a printf in kernel dmesg, and/or login messages with a
need-to-know link for folks who haven't been paying attention.

Or possibly even #error "This source tree is deprecated; see
http://www.freebsd.org/cvs-transition.html".  Either way, we need a
permalink that we can add to / polish / refine as needed.  It doesn't
need to be a work of art, just somewhere to land.

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