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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:52:03 +0200
From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu <itetcu@FreeBSD.org>
To: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu>
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Cc: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net>,
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Subject: Re: patch upgrade for port committers?
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On Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:01:44 -0600 (CST)
Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu> wrote:

>=20
>=20
> On Thu, 28 Jan 2010, Charlie Kester wrote:
>=20
> > On Thu 28 Jan 2010 at 13:37:06 PST Doug Barton wrote:
> >>
> >> Any time you send someone a patch for any reason that deletes an
> >> existing file it is worthwhile to call the person's attention to
> >> this fact.
> >>
> >> When you submit a port/update that ADDS a file it is definitely
> >> worthwhile to mention this as well.
> >
> > Good advice that should be added to the porter's handbook.
>=20
> In huge letters.
>=20
> Also, I have taken to using shar files instead of diff's when
> creating new files.

Don't please, it makes committer's work harder.
And update to a port should be a diff. Preferably a cvs diff -u.


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IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user"
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