"Janky Jay, III" <jan...@unfs.us> writes: > On 11/21/2010 10:26 PM, Charlie Kester wrote: >> On Sun 21 Nov 2010 at 20:09:23 PST Beech Rintoul wrote: >>> >>> That is correct, although it is possible to use a unified diff >>> with the "-N" flag against a non existent source. The problem is >>> too many contributors send in update pr's in shar format which >>> are a real PITA to deal with from our end. >>> >>> You may notice that many pr's aren't picked up by committers for >>> just that reason. > > 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.
It's because you're looking at the wrong chapter. That one is about new ports, not updates/bugfixes/changes. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/port-upgrading.html _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
