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From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
Subject: Re: docs/64144: [patch] document procedure to add a new ports
	category to Committer's Guide
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The following reply was made to PR docs/64144; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net>
To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, ports-developers@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/64144: [patch] document procedure to add a new ports category to Committer's Guide
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 11:21:06 +0000

 On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:09:44AM -0600, Mark Linimon wrote:
 
 > +	  <answer>
 > +	    <para>The procedure is a strict superset of the one to
 > +	      repocopy individual ports (see above).</para>
 > +
 > +	    <para>File a PR in <application>GNATS</application>, listing the
 > +	      reasons for the category request.  Preferably, this should
 > +	      also include patches for <filename>Makefile</filename>s for
 > +	      the old ports, the <filename>Makefile</filename>s for their
 > +	      old categories, and the <makevar>VALID_CATEGORIES</makevar>
 > +	      definition in <filename>ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk</filename>.
 > +	      Assign the PR to <literal>portmgr</literal>.
 > +	      If &a.portmgr; approves it, it will be reassigned to
 > +	      <literal>cvs</literal>.  &a.cvs; will do a repository copy
 > +	      from the old to the new locations, and reassign the PR back
 > +	      to you.  Once everything is done, perform the following:</para>
 
 Mark,
 
 Is it desirable to put this into state repocopy?  If so, the paragraph
 above should probably restate that.
 
 Ceri
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