From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 12 19:34:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ED6016A41F for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:34:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca [128.100.216.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADED743D46 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:34:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from fields.fields.utoronto.ca (fields.localdomain [192.168.216.11]) by fileserver.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields 6.0) with ESMTP id j8CJYb0r029375 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:34:37 -0400 Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by fields.fields.utoronto.ca (8.12.8/8.12.8/Fields WS 6.0) with ESMTP id j8CJYa6P010482; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:34:36 -0400 Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 303BF511FD; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:34:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:34:36 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway To: Roman Neuhauser Message-ID: <20050912193436.GA63345@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20050810034707.GA49313@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050810061322.GA91774@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050810230238.GA3571@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050810232819.GA1035@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050811005508.GA35453@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050811051125.GA8733@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050811130805.GA48042@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050811145238.GA11289@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <20050811145942.GA80118@xor.obsecurity.org> <20050912182549.GB90492@isis.sigpipe.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050912182549.GB90492@isis.sigpipe.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: Griping about the ports collection (Re: OpenOffice2.0 64Bit ready?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:34:38 -0000 --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 08:25:49PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # kris@obsecurity.org / 2005-08-11 10:59:42 -0400: > > To repeat: what, *precisely*, is missing from the Porters' Handbook > > that makes it "useless"? >=20 > You're a ("foreign", non-@freebsd.org) port maintainer, and received > a notification that a PR has been posted for your port. That PR > includes a patch. Identify the part of PH that describes how to get > the patch onto your machine from GNATS. Is this really a problem? The main www.freebsd.org webpage has a link for 'view a bug report'. Also, when you received the notification that the PR has been posted (e.g. by someone assigning the PR to your non-freebsd.org address, or forwarding the mail), it will have included an explicit URL to view the PR. Kris --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDJdhLWry0BWjoQKURAtBgAKCsb9M6DCBe27lEnR4qkE623ISGRQCgoQl2 BwbugKfcNrA+rctoeVo1lKk= =dImW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bp/iNruPH9dso1Pn--