Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:12:11 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <SoboMax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to submit port updates (Re: ports/18502: Mutt is now at 1.2) Message-ID: <20000512101210.B90608@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <391C07E3.DAC74179@FreeBSD.org>; from SoboMax@FreeBSD.org on Fri, May 12, 2000 at 04:32:19PM %2B0300 References: <200005120005.RAA84611@tao.thought.org> <391C07E3.DAC74179@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 04:32:19PM +0300, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Gary Kline wrote: > > > Thank you; this fits exactly:: a cookbook-style howto. Once > > I've done this procedure a few times the edges (reasons, whys, > > and wherefores) will become clear. > > Once you have created one PR you can reuse it for future PRs: > > 1. Save PR into some file (template.pr); > 2. Strip your patch from the end of this file; > 3. When you will have diffs for the next PR (myapp.diff) ready do "cat template.pr > myapp.diff > myapp.pr"; > 4. Edit Synopsis and Description fields of the newly created myapp.pr; > 5. Send it using "send-pr -f myapp.pr". > > It's easy, isn't it ;)? It would save you some time required to retype your name, > mail and organisation again and again. > :-) I love it! the fewer keystrokes, the better. Thanks for this to cut-n-paste for my HowToPatch notes! gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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