From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 00:00:20 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A725A16A4CE for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 00:00:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E10743DAD for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 00:00:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j4600K4M067653 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 00:00:20 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j4600JZh067639; Fri, 6 May 2005 00:00:20 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 00:00:20 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200505060000.j4600JZh067639@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, "Ion-Mihai " IOnut " Tetcu" Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 231FC16A4CE for ; Thu, 5 May 2005 23:56:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from relay.rdsnet.ro (gimli.rdsnet.ro [193.231.236.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0401E43D9A for ; Thu, 5 May 2005 23:56:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from itetcu@people.tecnik93.com) Received: (qmail 5760 invoked from network); 5 May 2005 23:49:07 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.rdsnet.ro) (62.231.74.130) by smtp1-133.rdsnet.ro with SMTP; 5 May 2005 23:49:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 12678 invoked by uid 89); 6 May 2005 00:09:01 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO it.buh.tecnik93.com) (81.196.204.98) by 0 with SMTP; 6 May 2005 00:09:01 -0000 Received: from it.buh.tecnik93.com (localhost.buh.tecnik93.com [127.0.0.1]) by it.buh.tecnik93.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E7AE114CF for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 02:56:25 +0300 (EEST) Message-Id: <1115337385.0@it.buh.tecnik93.com> Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 02:56:25 +0300 From: "Ion-Mihai " IOnut " Tetcu" To: "FreeBSD gnats submit" X-Send-Pr-Version: gtk-send-pr 0.4.6 Subject: docs/80681: articles/problem-reports: don't tell people they should sumbit a PR each time they see an outdated port X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 00:00:20 -0000 >Number: 80681 >Category: docs >Synopsis: articles/problem-reports: don't tell people they should sumbit a PR each time they see an outdated port >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri May 06 00:00:19 GMT 2005 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ion-Mihai "IOnut" Tetcu >Release: FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD 5.4-PRERELEASE #2: Thu Mar 3 23:57:35 EET 2005 >Description: There's no reason to have GNTATS filles with PRs telling that there is a new version of port X, so add a few lines explaining what should one do. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- problem-reports_article.sgml.diff begins here --- --- doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml.orig Fri May 6 02:41:02 2005 +++ doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article.sgml Fri May 6 02:48:55 2005 @@ -106,7 +106,15 @@ Notification of updates to externally maintained software (mainly ports, but also externally maintained base system components such as BIND or various GNU - utilities). + utilities). In ports case there are 2 possibilities: the port + has no maitainer (MAINTAINER=ports@freebsd.org) in which case + if your PR doesn't contain a patch there are not many chances + somebody will stand up and do it) or the port is maintained, + in which case either the maintainer already knows about the + update and for various reasons (no time, there's a problem in + the new version, etc.) he hasn't submitted an update yet or if + he doesn't know you should always try first to contact him + directly and fill a PR only if you get no timle respose --- problem-reports_article.sgml.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: