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Date:      Mon, 31 Dec 2001 03:02:23 +0900
From:      Yoichi NAKAYAMA <yoichi@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Nils Holland <nils@tisys.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Updating a port
Message-ID:  <wysn9s7fio.wl@eken3.eken.phys.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
In-Reply-To: <20011230184106.A239@tisys.org>
References:  <20011230184106.A239@tisys.org>

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At Sun, 30 Dec 2001 18:41:06 +0100,
Nils Holland wrote:
> Generally, I see two ways, but I don't know which is the right one:
> 
> 1) I could submit the changes I have made to the port's maintainer and
> kindly ask him to submit them.
> 
> 2) I could send diffs of what needs to by changed via send-pr directly to
> freebsd-ports.
> 
> So, which of these two possibilities should I take?

Both are right ways, I think.

Even if you take 2nd way, we'll forward the PR to the maintainer.
Eventually, the MAINTAINER will decide to adopt it or not, regardless of
your choice.

2nd one has an advantage that the request is recorded in GNATS.
-- 
Yoichi Nakayama

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