On Fri, Jan 21, 2022 at 02:07:10PM -0700, Anthony J. Bentley wrote: > Volker Schlecht writes: > > > What kind of gotcha can we get rid of, so that "new ports" will tend to > > > be squeaky clean, infrastructure-wise, and ready for import. > > An FAQ of sorts might *help*, particularly one addressing the more > > typical beginner mistakes. What are the things that you guys immediately > > look out for when a new name offers up a diff because they're usually > > done wrong?
> There's https://www.openbsd.org/faq/ports/ ; it's wide open for > suggestions and improvements including possibly large-scale rewriting... > Feel free to send a diff for it to ports@. Yes. Those of us well-versed in it are those most likely to miss putting important details in the FAQ. --Kurt
