From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 22 06:47:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B550106564A for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:47:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swell.k@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vw0-f54.google.com (mail-vw0-f54.google.com [209.85.212.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1BFAA8FC0A for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:47:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by vws9 with SMTP id 9so227012vws.13 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:47:54 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject:references :date:in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=mS5hFni9S9yO6M8rCZhP7FEtJpSI56KS53xbhuBTTzc=; b=XTJe+xCfh02rkDTURdshIWgApV6PG9y8oCc1/Xa35Un+DCDZM2OlZibfDQz6PstXr4 ShECkTovnPWPTPaNAl9FnY8qM+6/sfpqVkwuyIeiJb9DGAWXabEu3GATN2Of69m4c43h 1LR2CFYSPU77QGBtN8/O66gLDPL9c39O6+j3o= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; b=riuZGI7PmnAZ4eiy46CbjmVVffzrT6sVn8JIaw4Yhqqg2BTcxh+ZbjQpunmosboSp9 EEEK5qIbeZXfv3T3YaygkcmtPQibhPOa3xrGnT2Y5y9lvXd6pu+vtdBtnhoQ7NB6kYEj BNCUBhduuyKQAyZRC+hU3eaxHR+SL9Z+zaeC8= Received: by 10.220.95.209 with SMTP id e17mr712975vcn.205.1290408473224; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:47:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([93.167.245.178]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u6sm1564583vby.17.2010.11.21.22.47.45 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:47:52 -0800 (PST) From: Anonymous To: "Janky Jay\, III" References: <4CE7EC0D.9000203@a1poweruser.com> <4CE969B6.90900@kc8onw.net> <201011211909.23708.beech@akherb.com> <20101122052649.GA61979@comcast.net> <4CEA0738.3060701@unfs.us> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:47:18 +0300 In-Reply-To: <4CEA0738.3060701@unfs.us> (Janky Jay, III's message of "Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:01:28 -0700") Message-ID: <864ob96eix.fsf@gmail.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PR's not being picked up (Was Re: becoming a port committor) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:47:55 -0000 "Janky Jay, III" writes: > On 11/21/2010 10:26 PM, Charlie Kester wrote: >> On Sun 21 Nov 2010 at 20:09:23 PST Beech Rintoul wrote: >>> >>> That is correct, although it is possible to use a unified diff >>> with the "-N" flag against a non existent source. The problem is >>> too many contributors send in update pr's in shar format which >>> are a real PITA to deal with from our end. >>> >>> You may notice that many pr's aren't picked up by committers for >>> just that reason. > > Almost anyone who is an only semi-serious port maintainer (meaning > they only have a select few number of ports to maintain and are only > trying to contribute/participate) knows that maybe this issue is due > to the porter's handbook. Specifically > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html > which blatantly states that all submissions whether they are new OR > updates be submitted in shar format. Maybe the commiters should bring > this up and have a few less to deal with..? Just a suggestion. It's because you're looking at the wrong chapter. That one is about new ports, not updates/bugfixes/changes. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/port-upgrading.html