From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 6 01:00:51 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 2314816A4CF for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 01:00:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A07043DA0 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 01:00:51 +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 j4610OkW074468 for ; Fri, 6 May 2005 01:00:24 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j4610OwC074467; Fri, 6 May 2005 01:00:24 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 01:00:24 GMT Message-Id: <200505060100.j4610OwC074467@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: David Adam Subject: Re: docs/80681: articles/problem-reports: don't tell people they should sumbit a PR each time they see an outdated port X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: David Adam List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 01:00:51 -0000 The following reply was made to PR docs/80681; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Adam To: Ion-Mihai IOnut Tetcu Cc: FreeBSD gnats submit , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/80681: articles/problem-reports: don't tell people they should sumbit a PR each time they see an outdated port Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 08:55:52 +0800 (WST) On Fri, 6 May 2005, Ion-Mihai IOnut Tetcu wrote: > --- 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 This sentence could, well, use some work. Why not just "If you are reporting a new version of a port, try to contact the port's maintainer first."? Cheers, David Adam zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au