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Date:      Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:37:06 -0800
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@missouri.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: patch upgrade for port committers?
Message-ID:  <4B620382.7070902@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <4B61E988.1000801@missouri.edu>
References:  <4B61E988.1000801@missouri.edu>

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On 01/28/10 11:46, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> Cannot "patch" honor these cases? As a port maintainer, I have been
> caught quite a few times by committers not adding or removing files from
> the "files" directory in a port.

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.


Doug

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