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Date:      Sun, 24 Dec 2006 12:16:29 -0500
From:      Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
To:        Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Submitting a new port with dependancies not in the ports tree
Message-ID:  <20061224121629.169ecc1b.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
In-Reply-To: <200612241053.03751.josh@tcbug.org>
References:  <200612241053.03751.josh@tcbug.org>

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Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> wrote:
>
> I'm in the process of writing a port and it has a dependancy that's 
> not in the ports tree, so I'm porting that as well.  My question is 
> what's the procedure in such a case?  Should I submit them both as 
> part of the same pr?  Obviously the one can't be committed without 
> the other.

I don't know if there's any "official procedure" on this sort of thing.
But I would submit them as two separate PRs, with references from the
main to the dependency for tracking purposes.

This way, if the dependency goes through easy and the main port raises
some discussion, you can track them separately.

-Bill



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