Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 01:00:24 GMT From: David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> To: 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Subject: Re: docs/80681: articles/problem-reports: don't tell people they should sumbit a PR each time they see an outdated port Message-ID: <200505060100.j4610OwC074467@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/80681; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> To: Ion-Mihai IOnut Tetcu <itetcu@people.tecnik93.com> Cc: FreeBSD gnats submit <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org>, 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Subject: Re: docs/80681: articles/problem-reports: don't tell people they should sumbit a PR each time they see an outdated port Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 08:55:52 +0800 (WST) On Fri, 6 May 2005, Ion-Mihai IOnut Tetcu wrote: 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 @@ > <para>Notification of updates to externally maintained > software (mainly ports, but also externally maintained base > system components such as BIND or various GNU > - utilities).</para> > + 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</para> 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
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