From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 24 10:01:45 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 A755016A419; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:01:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@benji.nitro.dk) Received: from mx.nitro.dk (zarniwoop.nitro.dk [83.92.207.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5441B13C458; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 10:01:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from simon@benji.nitro.dk) Received: from benji.nitro.dk (unknown [192.168.3.39]) by mx.nitro.dk (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABFF82D9989; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:42:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by benji.nitro.dk (Postfix, from userid 2000) id ED7C5FD9F; Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:42:17 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:42:17 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" To: Mark Linimon Message-ID: <20070724094216.GA1003@zaphod.nitro.dk> References: <200707190121.l6J1LOvd007607@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070719054803.GA1002@gothic.blackend.org> <469F1D0F.2090307@FreeBSD.org> <20070719125410.GA9766@kobe.laptop> <20070720101143.GB1002@gothic.blackend.org> <20070724081342.GA32106@soaustin.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070724081342.GA32106@soaustin.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Cc: cvs-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Giorgos Keramidas , doc-committers@freebsd.org, Chin-San Huang 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 10:01:45 -0000 On 2007.07.24 03:13:42 -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > 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. Personally I think maneging ports is such an integral part of running a FreeBSD system that it should be in the Handbook itself. It should perhaps be reorganized and if there is enough chapters simply make it a separate part. Moving it out in to an article will make it harder to find for average users IMO. Just my 0.01DKR. -- Simon L. Nielsen