Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:23:31 -0600 From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Suggested improvements for ports Message-ID: <20080111182331.GB1823@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <C5131A30CA17872122E4A5A3@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <ED8842DFA28376008F3CA3A4@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <790a9fff0801110834s532a7282lf63061ad2b73acf5@mail.gmail.com> <C5131A30CA17872122E4A5A3@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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On Fri, Jan 11, 2008 at 11:10:45AM -0600, Paul Schmehl wrote: > The porters handbook seems written from the standpoint of a guide more > than a manual. That's something that I was going to work on, um, last year :-) We need both. Right now we have this hybrid which isn't a completely satisfactory solution for either one. This is historical; it kind of grew out of an initial short how-to document, then, as new things were stuffed into the ports infrastructure, there was no better place to document them. The "quick porting" text should turn into a "guide"; the "slow porting" text should become the reference. Of course, I say this, without the cycles to work on it. mcl
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