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sites. You may also use CVSup to keep your whole ports collection |
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sites. You may also use CVSup to keep your whole ports collection |
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up-to-date, as described in <ulink url="../handbook/synching.html#CVSUP-CONFIG">the Handbook</ulink>.</para> |
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up-to-date, as described in <ulink url="../handbook/synching.html#CVSUP-CONFIG">the Handbook</ulink>.</para> |
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<para>The next step is to send a mail to the maintainer, if one is |
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<para>The next step is to send an e-mail to the maintainer, if one is |
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listed in the port's <filename>Makefile</filename>. That person may |
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listed in the port's <filename>Makefile</filename>. That person may |
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already be working on an upgrade, or have a reason to not upgrade the |
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already be working on an upgrade, or have a reason not to upgrade the |
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port right now (because of, for example, stability problems of the new |
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port right now (because of, for example, stability problems of the new |
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version).</para> |
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recursive diff (either unified or context diff is fine, but port |
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recursive diff (either unified or context diff is fine, but port |
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committers appear to prefer unified diff more) of the new and old |
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committers appear to prefer unified diff more) of the new and old |
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ports directories to us (e.g., if your modified port directory is |
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ports directories to us (e.g., if your modified port directory is |
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called <filename>superedit</filename> and the original as in our tree |
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called <filename>superedit</filename> and the original is in our tree |
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is <filename>superedit.bak</filename>, then send us the result of |
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as <filename>superedit.bak</filename>, then send us the result of |
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<command>diff -ruN superedit.bak superedit</command>). Please examine |
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<command>diff -ruN superedit.bak superedit</command>). Please examine |
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the output to make sure all the changes make sense. The best way to |
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the output to make sure all the changes make sense. The best way to |
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send us the diff is by including it via &man.send-pr.1; (category |
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send us the diff is by including it via &man.send-pr.1; or |
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<literal>ports</literal>). Please mention any added or deleted files |
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<ulink url="../../../../send-pr.html">send-pr web interface</ulink> (category |
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in the message, as they have to be explicitly specified to CVS when |
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<literal>ports</literal>). If you are the maintainer for the port, |
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doing a commit. If the diff is more than about 20KB, please compress |
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be sure to put <literal>MAINTAINER UPDATE</literal> in the one line summary. |
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and uuencode it; otherwise, just include it in the PR as is.</para> |
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have to be explicitly specified to CVS when doing a commit. |
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it; otherwise, just include it in the PR as is.</para> |
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<para>Once again, please use &man.diff.1; and not &man.shar.1; to send |
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<para>Once again, please use &man.diff.1; and not &man.shar.1; to send |