On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:19:05 +0000 RW <rwmailli...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:22:57 -0800 > Charlie Kester <corky1...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > On Sun 21 Nov 2010 at 22:01:28 PST Janky Jay, III wrote: > > > > > > Almost anyone who is an only semi-serious port maintainer > > > (meaning > > >they only have a select few number of ports to maintain and are > > >only trying to contribute/participate) knows that maybe this issue > > >is due to the porter's handbook. Specifically > > >http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html > > >which blatantly states that all submissions whether they are new OR > > >updates be submitted in shar format. Maybe the commiters should > > >bring this up and have a few less to deal with..? Just a > > >suggestion. > > > > That page doesn't say what you think it says. > > > > Its context is the creation of a new port. It doesn't say anything > > about updating an existing port. > > 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. > > > > Perhaps the problem is that some people never read the *rest* of the > > handbook? > > 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. Patches with your proposed changes please. Thanks. -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> ite...@freebsd.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B
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