Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 09:31:51 -0400 From: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding comment to UPDATING file Message-ID: <20090404093151.344c9868@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <49D75693.1030802@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <20090404072204.28191678@scorpio> <49D75693.1030802@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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--Sig_/P4BjF3Dtp/P4ZxBxQZfEEIX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:46:11 +0100 Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: >Jerry wrote: >> I maintain a port that is undergoing some radical changes in the way >> it maintains its 'config' files. This will require that the end user >> make some minor changes in order to get the program to run >> correctly. How do I go about getting something posted in the >> UPDATING file? I couldn't find anything in the Porter's Handbook >> describing the procedure. > >Add a request to the PR you send in with the updates to your port, >including the text you'ld like to have added to UPDATING. Unless it's >completely frivolous or contentious or otherwise unsuitable most ports >committers would happily add the message to UPDATING for you. > >I find it's also a good idea to add a warning about such things to >any pkg_message printed out at install time. Thanks! I was considering the pkg_message idea; however, users of Portupgrade or other port maintenance tools often do not see the messages printed out out the end of the installation. I will be including a message though. Maybe they should add an addendum to the Porter's Handbook describing that. --=20 Jerry gesbbb@yahoo.com Alley's Axiom : Justice always prevails . . . three times out of seven. --Sig_/P4BjF3Dtp/P4ZxBxQZfEEIX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAknXYVEACgkQBvaKIJWWCO3kggCfWAo+XV0kWBsFudqtzJMDYWSK zG8An2tUZ3aSDDAp9kDG0Q75+MEtUkIt =OZfV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/P4BjF3Dtp/P4ZxBxQZfEEIX--
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