From owner-freebsd-ports Thu Jul 25 7:43: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B21F337B400; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 07:43:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lerlaptop.iadfw.net (lerlaptop.iadfw.net [206.66.13.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2818543E6A; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 07:43:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lerlaptop.iadfw.net (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g6PEgwAH000944; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 09:42:58 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ler@lerctr.org) Subject: Re: How does a port maintainer update it? From: Larry Rosenman To: David MacKenzie Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <3D400D31.7040007@pix.net> References: <3D400D31.7040007@pix.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 Date: 25 Jul 2002 09:42:58 -0500 Message-Id: <1027608179.410.0.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-milter (http://amavis.org/) Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 09:37, David MacKenzie wrote: > Last fall I created ports/audio/id3v2 and soon I'll want to update it to > a newer release. Do I do that by filing a PR with diffs like anyone > else? The FreeBSD Porter's Handbook chapter on Upgrading at > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/port-upgrading.html > > assumes that the reader is not the maintainer of the port. I can't find > any documentation explicitly stating how a port maintainer makes changes > to it. That's a glaring omission considering the rest of the Porter's > Handbook is written for people who are intending to be maintaining a port. I believe you just submit diffs in a PR marked MAINTAINER UPDATE.... -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message