28 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-portsRe: PR's not being picked up (Was Re:...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Fbsd8 | Nov 20, 2010 7:40 am | |
| Oskar Holmlund | Nov 20, 2010 8:21 am | |
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| Eric | Nov 20, 2010 8:49 am | |
| Chris Rees | Nov 20, 2010 8:50 am | |
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| Byung-Hee HWANG | Nov 20, 2010 10:07 pm | |
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| Torfinn Ingolfsen | Nov 21, 2010 4:11 pm | |
| Beech Rintoul | Nov 21, 2010 8:09 pm | |
| Charlie Kester | Nov 21, 2010 9:26 pm | |
| Janky Jay, III | Nov 21, 2010 10:01 pm | |
| Anonymous | Nov 21, 2010 10:46 pm | |
| Charlie Kester | Nov 21, 2010 11:22 pm | |
| Beech Rintoul | Nov 22, 2010 4:17 am | |
| RW | Nov 22, 2010 5:18 am | |
| Ion-Mihai Tetcu | Nov 22, 2010 9:19 am | |
| Mark Linimon | Nov 22, 2010 10:22 am | |
| Torfinn Ingolfsen | Nov 22, 2010 10:58 am | |
| Greg Byshenk | Nov 22, 2010 11:25 am | |
| Charlie Kester | Nov 22, 2010 2:07 pm | |
| RW | Nov 22, 2010 2:14 pm | |
| Beech Rintoul | Nov 22, 2010 2:32 pm | |
| Jason Helfman | Nov 22, 2010 7:39 pm |  .txt |
| Torfinn Ingolfsen | Nov 22, 2010 10:53 pm | |
| Jason Helfman | Nov 23, 2010 11:59 am | .txt |
| Mark Linimon | Nov 28, 2010 2:12 pm |
| Subject: | Re: PR's not being picked up (Was Re: becoming a port committor) | |
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| From: | Charlie Kester (cork...@comcast.net) | |
| Date: | Nov 22, 2010 2:07:39 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-ports | |
On Mon 22 Nov 2010 at 11:28:36 PST Greg Byshenk wrote:
I'm not a porter, but how about the below...? HTH -greg
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--- porting-submitting.html 2007-09-11 01:11:07.000000000 +0200 +++ porting-submitting.html 2010-11-22 20:14:54.000000000 +0100 @@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ </blockquote> </div>
+<div class="NOTE">
+<blockquote class="NOTE">
+<p><b>Note2:</b> The instructions above are for creating a <i
class="EMPHASIS">new</i>
+port. Port <i class="EMPHASIS">updates</i> should be diff files instead of shar
files,
+as described in <a href="port-upgrading.html">Upgrading</a>.</p>
+</blockquote>
+</div>
+
<p>One more time, <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">do not include the
original
source distfile, the <tt class="FILENAME">work</tt> directory, or the package
you built
with <tt class="COMMAND">make package</tt></i></span>.</p>
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While we're at it, remove any mention of port updates from the existing note:
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--- porting-submitting.html.orig 2010-11-22 14:01:35.000000000 -0800
+++ porting-submitting.html 2010-11-22 14:02:09.000000000 -0800
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@
<blockquote class="NOTE">
<p><b>Note:</b> You can make our work a lot easier, if you use a good
description in the
synopsis of the problem report. We prefer something like ``New port:
-<category>/<portname> <short description of the port>'' for
new ports
-and ``Update port: <category>/<portname> <short description of
the
-update>'' for port updates. If you stick to this scheme, the chance that
someone will
+<category>/<portname> <short description of the port>'' for
new ports.
+If you stick to this scheme, the chance that someone will
take a look at your PR soon is much better.</p>
</blockquote>
</div>
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I'm not sure, but I suspect that this note has been the source of the confusion.
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