Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 13:17:44 -0400 (EDT) From: "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net> To: chuckr@glue.umd.edu, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making ports Message-ID: <199709211717.NAA13914@istari.home.net> In-Reply-To: Mail from 'Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>' dated: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 12:31:06 -0400 (EDT)
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> From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> > Subject: Making ports > > As a suggestion to porters: > > If you announce a port, or (more likely) post it via GNATS, and don't > bother to give even the most cursory explanation of what it is or what it > does, then don't be surprised it everyone decides to ignore it. > > Just giving the filename ISN'T sufficient, not if you want someone to > volutarily check your port. It might happen, but it's not terribly > likely. Okay, but where is the proper place to remind people to process ports that have been sent in via send-pr? (and yes, it did have a multiline description... :-)
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