Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 21:18:23 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port Submission Etiquette Message-ID: <AFC13178F5CD3CF448617A6F@Macintosh.local> In-Reply-To: <20080507010905.GB20243@shepherd> References: <20080507010905.GB20243@shepherd>
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--On May 6, 2008 9:09:06 PM -0400 Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> wrote: > I would like to submit a new port which "RUN_DEPENDS" another port; the > latter did not exist in the tree, so I submitted it (ports/123382) on > May 4. I fully appreciate the committers' various responsibilities and > time constraints, so this is not a 'hey, what's taking you so long' > query. Since this was my first submission, I am just trying to get a > sense of proper etiquette. Is it bad form to email the committer who > took responsibility of the PR asking whether I've made a glaring > mistake which would be fixable via a follow-up? Or should I simply > wait for a "feedback" request if that were the case? > Submit the second port and include a note that it depends on a port you recently submitted. Cite the PR number and point out that the port you are submitting should not be committed until the first port is. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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