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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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