From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 22 06:17:04 2010 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 BAF64106564A for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:17:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jankyj@unfs.us) Received: from morbid.purplehat.org (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.83.29]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68D2B8FC16 for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:17:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.83.29]) by morbid.purplehat.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C457C85B8B1 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:01:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from morbid.purplehat.org ([206.225.83.29]) by localhost (morbid.purplehat.org [206.225.83.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 36391-01 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:01:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from [10.0.0.162] (c-75-71-25-162.hsd1.co.comcast.net [75.71.25.162]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jankyj@unfs.us) by morbid.purplehat.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2942C85B8B0 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 22:01:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4CEA0738.3060701@unfs.us> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 23:01:28 -0700 From: "Janky Jay, III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.15) Gecko/20101027 Thunderbird/3.0.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <4CE7EC0D.9000203@a1poweruser.com> <4CE969B6.90900@kc8onw.net> <201011211909.23708.beech@akherb.com> <20101122052649.GA61979@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20101122052649.GA61979@comcast.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: PR's not being picked up (Was Re: becoming a port committor) 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: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:17:04 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 11/21/2010 10:26 PM, Charlie Kester wrote: > On Sun 21 Nov 2010 at 20:09:23 PST Beech Rintoul wrote: >> >> That is correct, although it is possible to use a unified diff >> with the "-N" flag against a non existent source. The problem is >> too many contributors send in update pr's in shar format which >> are a real PITA to deal with from our end. >> >> You may notice that many pr's aren't picked up by committers for >> just that reason. Almost anyone who is an only semi-serious port maintainer (meaning they only have a select few number of ports to maintain and are only trying to contribute/participate) knows that maybe this issue is due to the porter's handbook. Specifically http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html which blatantly states that all submissions whether they are new OR updates be submitted in shar format. Maybe the commiters should bring this up and have a few less to deal with..? Just a suggestion. Regards, Janky Jay, III -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkzqBzgACgkQGK3MsUbJZn5X/gCfbTgIyt4KEyI6ebtYmjm/DUk5 L2AAn28d2RCorQB4lm3KBGIqp9MHTxWZ =azIy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----