Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:20:03 +0200 From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PR's not being picked up (Was Re: becoming a port committor) Message-ID: <20101122192003.46e16bea@it.buh.tecnik93.com> In-Reply-To: <20101122131905.318b590c@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <4CE7EC0D.9000203@a1poweruser.com> <4CE969B6.90900@kc8onw.net> <AANLkTik7wfhm8hp-Kwfu8HerqYftiYXTCwT6Q83t7Hmv@mail.gmail.com> <201011211909.23708.beech@akherb.com> <20101122052649.GA61979@comcast.net> <4CEA0738.3060701@unfs.us> <20101122072257.GF48679@comcast.net> <20101122131905.318b590c@gumby.homeunix.com>
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--Sig_/ZUK5PLw8sfj/C7EyQ/a72bR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:19:05 +0000 RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:22:57 -0800 > Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> wrote: >=20 > > On Sun 21 Nov 2010 at 22:01:28 PST Janky Jay, III wrote: > > > > > > 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-submittin= g.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. > >=20 > > That page doesn't say what you think it says. =20 > >=20 > > Its context is the creation of a new port. It doesn't say anything > > about updating an existing port. >=20 > Actually it does discuss the wording of the synopsis for both new and > updated ports which gives the impression that that that section covers > both.=20 >=20 > Furthermore the update chapter is at the opposite end of the > index under the single misleading word "Upgrading". There's no > mention of "submitting" which is what people will be looking for.=20 >=20 > IMO chapter 10 should either be 3.7 or be merged into 3.6. If anything > deserves to be under "Quick Porting" it's this. >=20 >=20 > > Perhaps the problem is that some people never read the *rest* of the > > handbook? =20 >=20 > The trouble is that even when people do read handbooks from beginning > to end there are always sections that that they are likely to skip > until they need them, and this is one of them. Patches with your proposed changes please. Thanks. --=20 IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> itetcu@FreeBSD.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B --Sig_/ZUK5PLw8sfj/C7EyQ/a72bR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAkzqpkQACgkQJ7GIuiH/oeUmkwCgrwXRtJ0jhBZfKp269/cY6knZ r4YAmI9ZHFLd84Ou5PrqABU43NXeb74= =fZvi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/ZUK5PLw8sfj/C7EyQ/a72bR--
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