Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 19:58:56 +0100 From: Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: PR's not being picked up (Was Re: becoming a port committor) Message-ID: <AANLkTi=Y3MTcyCxKtAkf9AnS-immBwDYAaxXBHerHPES@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20101122131905.318b590c@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <4CE7EC0D.9000203@a1poweruser.com> <4CE969B6.90900@kc8onw.net> <AANLkTik7wfhm8hp-Kwfu8HerqYftiYXTCwT6Q83t7Hmv@mail.gmail.com> <201011211909.23708.beech@akherb.com> <20101122052649.GA61979@comcast.net> <4CEA0738.3060701@unfs.us> <20101122072257.GF48679@comcast.net> <20101122131905.318b590c@gumby.homeunix.com>
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Hi, On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:19 PM, RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Actually it does discuss the wording of the synopsis for both new and > updated ports which gives the impression that that that section covers > both. > > Furthermore the update chapter is at the opposite end of the > index under the single misleading word "Upgrading". There's no mention > of "submitting" which is what people will be looking for. > > IMO chapter 10 should either be 3.7 or be merged into 3.6. If anything > deserves to be under "Quick Porting" it's this. > So then we will see your PR for an update of that chapter in the Porter's Handbook in the next few days perhaps? > The trouble is that even when people do read handbooks from beginning > to end there are always sections that that they are likely to skip > until they need them, and this is one of them. > The Porter's Handbook is not going to be improved unless the people who read it and have ideas for improvement do something about it. HTH, HAND. -- Regards, Torfinn Ingolfsen
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