Hi all! I’m hoping to get into porting for FreeBSD, right now just focusing on 
one package, a plugin for bitlbee, however I’d like to extend my hand to 
maintain other ports in the future once I have more knowledge and practice with 
the system. 

Before I start, though, I just need some clarifications of things from the 
porter’s handbook. 

1. If I understand correctly, the version of the ports tree as fetched by 
portsnap isn’t the best for working on the tree. I should instead make another 
copy of the tree as an svn checkout? Distfiles, however, still go to 
/usr/ports/distfiles
2. Is it absolutely necessary to use poudriere before submitting a port? I’m 
still getting to grips with how it works, and if I need to get comfortable with 
it first, I’ll do so. 

Thanks!
Arthur

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