From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 7 02:37:42 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 604431065674; Wed, 7 May 2008 02:37:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from mail.stovebolt.com (mail.stovebolt.com [66.221.101.249]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FACC8FC13; Wed, 7 May 2008 02:37:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from [192.168.2.102] (cpe-24-175-90-48.tx.res.rr.com [24.175.90.48]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.stovebolt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6C68B114313; Tue, 6 May 2008 21:18:17 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 21:18:23 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <20080507010905.GB20243@shepherd> References: <20080507010905.GB20243@shepherd> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Mac OS X) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Subject: Re: Port Submission Etiquette X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 May 2008 02:37:42 -0000 --On May 6, 2008 9:09:06 PM -0400 Sahil Tandon wrote: > I would like to submit a new port which "RUN_DEPENDS" another port; the > latter did not exist in the tree, so I submitted it (ports/123382) on > May 4. I fully appreciate the committers' various responsibilities and > time constraints, so this is not a 'hey, what's taking you so long' > query. Since this was my first submission, I am just trying to get a > sense of proper etiquette. Is it bad form to email the committer who > took responsibility of the PR asking whether I've made a glaring > mistake which would be fixable via a follow-up? Or should I simply > wait for a "feedback" request if that were the case? > Submit the second port and include a note that it depends on a port you recently submitted. Cite the PR number and point out that the port you are submitting should not be committed until the first port is. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/