docs/64144: [patch] document procedure to add a new portscategory to Committer's Guide

Mark Linimon linimon at lonesome.com
Tue Mar 30 20:26:31 UTC 2004


On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
> +		    the <filename class="directory">ports/</filename> directory, run

OK, that's the first I've seen of this.

> > +		    <command>cvsup(1)</command> by modifying
> 
> Here you should use &man.cvsup.1;.

I have it right elsewhere -- this was a cut-and-paste from ... somwehere.

> If the category is set to "docs" there is no need to reassign it.  It
> will automatically be assigned to freebsd-doc.

D'oh!

> > +		<step>
> > +		  <para>Submit a PR to request that the web
> > +		    page build be updated to reflect the new
> > +		    category.  The responsibility for doing this
> > +		    is not yet well established.</para>
> > +		</step>
> 
> Shouldn't this just be a "www" PR?  I'm not really sure what needs to be
> changed on the web pages?
> 
> Of course the issue with the ports/ pages being based on a INDEX still
> exist...

The latter is what I was trying to imply.  IMHO, at least the ports index
page at http://www.freebsd.org/ports/index.html ought to be updated as
soon as a category is added.



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