Miscellaneous minor documentation updates

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING b/CONTRIBUTING
index 72a58aec9bede3c210f0983811316a3549751225..a60bb03eff06b32af2621bec520eafeb06708806 100644 (file)
--- a/CONTRIBUTING
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING
@@ -31,20 +31,18 @@ BIND is maintained by the Internet Systems Consortium, a public-benefit
 see the source, but only ISC employees have commit access. Until recently,
 the source could only be seen once ISC had published a release: read
 access to the source repository was restricted just as commit access was.
-That's now changing, with the opening of a public git mirror to the BIND
-source tree (see below).
+That's now changing, with the opening of a public git repository of the
+BIND source tree (see below).
 
 Access to source code
 
 Public BIND releases are always available from the ISC FTP site.
 
-A public-access GIT repository is also available at https://gitlab.isc.org
-. This repository is a mirror, updated several times per day, of the
-source repository maintained by ISC. It contains all the public release
-branches; upcoming releases can be viewed in their current state at any
-time. It does not contain development branches or unreviewed work in
-progress. Commits which address security vulnerablilities are withheld
-until after public disclosure.
+A public-access git repository is also available at https://gitlab.isc.org
+. This repository contains all public release branches. Upcoming releases
+can be viewed in their current state at any time. Short-lived development
+branches contain unreviewed work in progress. Commits which address
+security vulnerablilities are withheld until after public disclosure.
 
 You can browse the source online via https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/
 bind9

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 570205b77acc66e226b98142264f73c35beff507..6873d9794d7a193c032b0ae2c2d1e93a4c5171f6 100644 (file)
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -39,21 +39,19 @@ anyone can see the source, but only ISC employees have commit access.
 Until recently, the source could only be seen once ISC had published
 a release: read access to the source repository was restricted just
 as commit access was.  That's now changing, with the opening of a
-public git mirror to the BIND source tree (see below).
+public git repository of the BIND source tree (see below).
 
 ### <a name="access"></a>Access to source code
 
 Public BIND releases are always available from the
 [ISC FTP site](ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9).
 
-A public-access GIT repository is also available at
-[https://gitlab.isc.org](https://gitlab.isc.org).
-This repository is a mirror, updated several times per day, of the
-source repository maintained by ISC.  It contains all the public release
-branches; upcoming releases can be viewed in their current state at any
-time.  It does *not* contain development branches or unreviewed work in
-progress.  Commits which address security vulnerablilities are withheld
-until after public disclosure.
+A public-access git repository is also available at
+[https://gitlab.isc.org](https://gitlab.isc.org).  This repository
+contains all public release branches. Upcoming releases can be viewed in
+their current state at any time.  Short-lived development branches
+contain unreviewed work in progress.  Commits which address security
+vulnerablilities are withheld until after public disclosure.
 
 You can browse the source online via
 [https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9](https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9)