On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Mark Linimon wrote:
On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 01:04:41PM +0100, Benny Goemans wrote:
Is it possible to bring back the port so I can submit that change so that at
least some people can use it again?
I've just added a section to our Committer's Guide, since it seems
something that many people don't understand how to do:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/ports.html#AEN1347
I'd be glad to get reactions/corrections.
"Re-adding" kind of makes my teeth hurt. Suggested patch attached.
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@@ -2608,11 +2608,11 @@
</qandadiv>
<qandadiv>
- <title>Re-adding a Deleted Port</title>
+ <title>Recovering a Deleted Port</title>
<qandaentry>
<question>
- <para>How do I re-add a deleted port?</para>
+ <para>How do I bring back a deleted port?</para>
</question>
<answer>
@@ -2624,7 +2624,7 @@
and then navigate to
<replaceable>category</replaceable>/<replaceable>portname</replaceable>/<filename>Attic</filename>/
.
Pick a date that is before the removal but after the last true
- commit.</para>
+ commit.</para>
</step>
<step>
@@ -2633,7 +2633,7 @@
</step>
<step>
- <para>Make whatever changes needed to make the port
+ <para>Make whatever changes are needed to make the port
work again. (If it was deleted due to no more distfiles
being available, you will need to volunteer to become the
"upstream" maintainer yourself and host the distfiles, or
@@ -2641,11 +2641,11 @@
</step>
<step>
- <para>Re-add the port via <command>cvs commit</command>.</para>
+ <para>Add the port via <command>cvs commit</command>.</para>
</step>
<step>
- <para>Re-add the <makevar>SUBDIR</makevar> listing of the port
+ <para>Add the <makevar>SUBDIR</makevar> listing of the port
in the parent directory <filename>Makefile</filename>.</para>
</step>
@@ -2656,7 +2656,7 @@
<step>
<para>If the port had an entry in
- <filename>ports/LEGAL</filename>, re-add that.</para>
+ <filename>ports/LEGAL</filename>, add that.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</answer>
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