PR's not being picked up (Was Re: becoming a port committor)

[Janky Jay, III]

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On 11/21/2010 10:26 PM, Charlie Kester wrote:
> On Sun 21 Nov 2010 at 20:09:23 PST Beech Rintoul wrote:
>>
>> That is correct, although it is possible to use a unified diff
>> with the "-N" flag against a non existent source. The problem is
>> too many contributors send in update pr's in shar format which
>> are a real PITA to deal with from our end.
>>
>> You may notice that many pr's aren't picked up by committers for
>> just that reason.

    Almost anyone who is an only semi-serious port maintainer (meaning
they only have a select few number of ports to maintain and are only
trying to contribute/participate) knows that maybe this issue is due
to the porter's handbook. Specifically
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html
which blatantly states that all submissions whether they are new OR
updates be submitted in shar format. Maybe the commiters should bring
this up and have a few less to deal with..? Just a suggestion.

Regards,
Janky Jay, III


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