On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 07:58:56PM +0100, Torfinn Ingolfsen wrote: > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:19 PM, RW <rwmailli...@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
I'm not a porter, but how about the below...? HTH -greg --- begin diff --- --- 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> --- end diff --- -- greg byshenk - gbysh...@byshenk.net - Leiden, NL _______________________________________________ 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"