From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 20 02:18:11 2007 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 1B0E716A419 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:18:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx21.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 89D2D13C455 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:18:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: (qmail 5910 invoked by uid 399); 20 Oct 2007 02:18:07 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO slave.dougb.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTP; 20 Oct 2007 02:18:07 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:18:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton To: Edwin Groothuis In-Reply-To: <20071019222405.GJ3366@k7.mavetju> Message-ID: References: <2365F582-9CA6-4E21-AF82-42791A2F8E10@gmail.com> <20071019222405.GJ3366@k7.mavetju> X-message-flag: Outlook -- Not just for spreading viruses anymore! X-OpenPGP-Key-ID: 0xD5B2F0FB Organization: http://www.FreeBSD.org/ MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: Q , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Appropriate way of submitting multiple related ports at once? 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: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:18:11 -0000 On Sat, 20 Oct 2007, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > Hello Quinton, > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 11:49:55PM +1000, Q wrote: >> I have written a collection of ports (16 in total) for building a >> typical Apple WebObjects deployment environment. As most of these >> ports depend on one another in some way could someone advise what the >> most appropriate way to submit these ports as a bundle would be? > > This is going to be tricky :-) Heh. :) > The way I would do it is to submit the ports one by one and keep > the synopsis recognizable: > > [NEW PORT] Apple WebObjects Deployment Environment: www/foobar I think Edwin's advice is good, the only thing I'd add is maybe an "N of M" to the synopsis to make it easier to keep them grouped. Doug -- This .signature sanitized for your protection