docs/63315: [patch] committers-guide: record new port repocopy procedure

[Pav Lucistnik]

>Number:         63315
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] committers-guide: record new port repocopy procedure
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Feb 24 11:00:32 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Pav Lucistnik
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD pav.hide.vol.cz 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #0: Fri Jan 9 19:34:38 CET 2004 root at pav.hide.vol.cz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PAV i386


	
>Description:
Update "Ports Specific FAQ" section of Committer's Guide with a new procedure
to handle ports repocopies.

Written by:	pav
Proofreaded by:	adamw
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:

Index: article.sgml
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RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.179
diff -a -u -r1.179 article.sgml
--- article.sgml	21 Feb 2004 15:59:56 -0000	1.179
+++ article.sgml	24 Feb 2004 18:46:45 -0000
@@ -2291,10 +2291,9 @@
 	  <answer>
 	    <para>When you want to add a port that is related to
 	      any port that is already in the tree in a separate
-	      directory, please send mail to the ports manager asking
-	      about it.  Here <wordasword>related</wordasword> means
-	      it is a different version or a slightly modified
-	      version.  Examples are
+	      directory, you have to do a repository copy.  Here
+	      <wordasword>related</wordasword> means it is a different
+	      version or a slightly modified version.  Examples are
 	      <filename>print/ghostscript*</filename> (different
 	      versions) and <filename>x11-wm/windowmaker*</filename>
 	      (English-only and internationalized version).</para>
@@ -2328,11 +2327,13 @@
 	  </question>
 
 	  <answer>
-	    <para>Send mail to &a.portmgr;, listing the reasons for
-	      the repository copy request.  If &a.portmgr approves
-	      it, &a.cvs; will do a repository copy from the old
-	      to the new location and/or name.  Once you receive
-	      notification that everything is done, perform the
+	    <para>File the Problem Report in GNATS.  Assign it to
+	      <constant>portmgr</constant> and set <varname>state</varname> to
+	      <constant>repocopy</constant>.  If &a.portmgr; approves it,
+	      it will be reassigned to <constant>cvs</constant>.
+	      &a.cvs; will do a repository copy from the old
+	      to the new location, and reassign the Problem
+	      Report back to you.  Once everything is done, perform the
 	      following:</para>
 
 	    <itemizedlist>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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