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From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon)
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Subject: Re: Proposed addition to the handbook
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On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 03:04:46PM -0500, Josh Paetzel wrote:
> Another question would be if this would go beyond the 'basic 
> instructions' statement at the top of the page.

There is a lot of information that is IMHO missing on the various
strategies to keep up with and use the Ports Collection (portupgrade,
cvsup, and portsnap all deserve their own sections).  There is a little
bit at the end of the Porter's Handbook but IMHO the PH is too large
anyways, and ought to be reoriented into just something targeted at
maintainers.

What do people think: should this information be in some kind of
expanded section in the Handbook?  Or a separate Article?

mcl