Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:42:17 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: cvs-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>, doc-committers@freebsd.org, Chin-San Huang <chinsan@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20070724094216.GA1003@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20070724081342.GA32106@soaustin.net> References: <200707190121.l6J1LOvd007607@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070719054803.GA1002@gothic.blackend.org> <469F1D0F.2090307@FreeBSD.org> <20070719125410.GA9766@kobe.laptop> <20070720101143.GB1002@gothic.blackend.org> <20070724081342.GA32106@soaustin.net>
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On 2007.07.24 03:13:42 -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 12:11:43PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > > It would also be nice to have articles like: > > > > > > "Managing thirdparty ports & packages with portupgrade" > > I would just like to see one article that talked about "managing the > Ports Collection". The handbook information about portupgrade could > move there; as well, wherever the scattered information about cvsup vs. > cvsup could move there. Finally, there is some information under "keeping > up" in the Porter's Handbook that really doesn't belong there (at least, > if you have the theory that the PH's audience is committers and maintainers). > > Another chapter could be the hints on how to maintain a "package server" > that is used to build and distribute packages within an organization. I > know that a lot of installations do something like this already. > > Finally, some comments about release vs. -stable should be added. > > In the past I've been asked if I could do a talk about these issues, > and have had to honestly admit that I don't know enough to do so. IMHO > there enough demand for something like that. > > It should really all be in one place. Personally I think maneging ports is such an integral part of running a FreeBSD system that it should be in the Handbook itself. It should perhaps be reorganized and if there is enough chapters simply make it a separate part. Moving it out in to an article will make it harder to find for average users IMO. Just my 0.01DKR. -- Simon L. Nielsen
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