Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:31:57 +0000 (UTC) From: Isabell Long <issyl0@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r39119 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook Message-ID: <201206241331.q5ODVvIU012570@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: issyl0 Date: Sun Jun 24 13:31:57 2012 New Revision: 39119 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39119 Log: Add more information about Portscout to the porter's handbook. Submitted by: issyl0 (as part of Google Code-In 2011) Reviewed by: gjb Approved by: gabor (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml Sun Jun 24 13:13:54 2012 (r39118) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml Sun Jun 24 13:31:57 2012 (r39119) @@ -16214,19 +16214,40 @@ pre-install: </sect1> <sect1 id="distfile-survey"> - <title>The &os; Ports Distfile Scanner</title> + <title>Portscout: The &os; Ports Distfile Scanner</title> <para>The build cluster is dedicated to building the latest release of each port with distfiles that have already been fetched. However, as the Internet continually changes, - distfiles can quickly go missing. The <ulink - url="http://www.portscout.org">FreeBSD Ports distfile - scanner</ulink> attempts to query every download site for - every port to find out if each distfile is still currently - available. Maintainers are asked to check this report - periodically, not only to speed up the building process for - users, but to help avoid wasting bandwidth of the sites that - volunteer to host all these distfiles.</para> + distfiles can quickly go missing. <ulink + url="http://portscout.org">Portscout</ulink>, the &os; Ports + distfile scanner, attempts to query every download site for + every port to find out if each distfile is still available. + <application>Portscout</application> can generate + <acronym>HTML</acronym> reports and send emails about newly + available ports to those who request them. Unless not + otherwise subscribed, maintainers are asked to check + periodically for changes, either by hand or using the + <acronym>RSS</acronym> feed.</para> + + <para><application>Portscout</application>'s first page gives + the email address of the port maintainer, the number of ports + the maintainer is responsible for, the number of those ports + with new distfiles, and the percentage of those ports that are + out-of-date. The search function allows for searching by email + address for a specific maintainer, and for selecting whether + or not only out-of-date ports should be shown.</para> + + <para>Upon clicking on a maintainer's email address, + a list of all of their ports is displayed, along with port + category, current version number, whether or not there is a new + version, when the port was last updated, and finally when it + was last checked. A search function on this page allows the + user to search for a specific port.</para> + + <para>Clicking on a port name in the list displays the + <ulink url="http://freshports.org">FreshPorts</ulink>; port + information.</para> </sect1> <sect1 id="portsmon">
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