Date: 25 Jul 2002 09:42:58 -0500 From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: David MacKenzie <djm@pix.net> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How does a port maintainer update it? Message-ID: <1027608179.410.0.camel@lerlaptop.iadfw.net> In-Reply-To: <3D400D31.7040007@pix.net> References: <3D400D31.7040007@pix.net>
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On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 09:37, David MacKenzie wrote: > Last fall I created ports/audio/id3v2 and soon I'll want to update it to > a newer release. Do I do that by filing a PR with diffs like anyone > else? The FreeBSD Porter's Handbook chapter on Upgrading at > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/port-upgrading.html > > assumes that the reader is not the maintainer of the port. I can't find > any documentation explicitly stating how a port maintainer makes changes > to it. That's a glaring omission considering the rest of the Porter's > Handbook is written for people who are intending to be maintaining a port. I believe you just submit diffs in a PR marked MAINTAINER UPDATE.... -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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