From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 08:13:46 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 680E116A418; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:13:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (mail.soaustin.net [207.200.4.66]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FC1A13C46C; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:13:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id D0128529; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:13:42 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:13:42 -0500 To: Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, Chin-San Huang , doc-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-doc@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20070724081342.GA32106@soaustin.net> References: <200707190121.l6J1LOvd007607@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070719054803.GA1002@gothic.blackend.org> <469F1D0F.2090307@FreeBSD.org> <20070719125410.GA9766@kobe.laptop> <20070720101143.GB1002@gothic.blackend.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070720101143.GB1002@gothic.blackend.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) Cc: Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports/chapter.sgml X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 08:13:46 -0000 On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 12:11:43PM +0200, Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > It would also be nice to have articles like: > > > > "Managing thirdparty ports & packages with portupgrade" I would just like to see one article that talked about "managing the Ports Collection". The handbook information about portupgrade could move there; as well, wherever the scattered information about cvsup vs. cvsup could move there. Finally, there is some information under "keeping up" in the Porter's Handbook that really doesn't belong there (at least, if you have the theory that the PH's audience is committers and maintainers). Another chapter could be the hints on how to maintain a "package server" that is used to build and distribute packages within an organization. I know that a lot of installations do something like this already. Finally, some comments about release vs. -stable should be added. In the past I've been asked if I could do a talk about these issues, and have had to honestly admit that I don't know enough to do so. IMHO there enough demand for something like that. It should really all be in one place. mcl