Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 16:06:54 +0000 (UTC) From: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49016 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading Message-ID: <201606281606.u5SG6sAG046534@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: mat Date: Tue Jun 28 16:06:54 2016 New Revision: 49016 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49016 Log: Remove the mention of shar for updates, and put emphasis on sending diffs. Reviewed by: wblock Sponsored by: Absolight Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7006 Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml Tue Jun 28 16:06:51 2016 (r49015) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/upgrading/chapter.xml Tue Jun 28 16:06:54 2016 (r49016) @@ -150,9 +150,11 @@ </important> <note> - <para>Once again, please use &man.diff.1; and not &man.shar.1; - to send updates to existing ports! This helps ports - committers understand exactly what is being changed.</para> + <para>Please use &man.diff.1; or <command>svn diff</command> to + create updates to existing ports. Other formats include the + whole file and make it impossible to see just what has changed. + When diffs are not included, the entire update might be + ignored.</para> </note> <para>Now that all of that is done, read about
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