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

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:08 PM, Charlie Kester <corky1951 at comcast.net>wrote:

> On Mon 22 Nov 2010 at 11:28:36 PST Greg Byshenk wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm not a porter, but how about the below...?
>> HTH
>> -greg
>>
>> --- begin diff ---
>>
>> --- porting-submitting.html     2007-09-11 01:11:07.000000000 +0200
>> +++ porting-submitting.html     2010-11-22 20:14:54.000000000 +0100
>> @@ -69,6 +69,14 @@
>> </blockquote>
>> </div>
>>
>> +<div class="NOTE">
>> +<blockquote class="NOTE">
>> +<p><b>Note2:</b> The instructions above are for creating a <i
>> class="EMPHASIS">new</i>
>> +port. Port <i class="EMPHASIS">updates</i> should be diff files instead
>> of shar files,
>> +as described in <a href="port-upgrading.html">Upgrading</a>.</p>
>> +</blockquote>
>> +</div>
>> +
>> <p>One more time, <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">do not
>> include the original
>> source distfile, the <tt class="FILENAME">work</tt> directory, or the
>> package you built
>> with <tt class="COMMAND">make package</tt></i></span>.</p>
>>
>>
>> --- end diff ---
>>
>
> While we're at it, remove any mention of port updates from the existing
> note:
>
> --- begin diff ---
> --- porting-submitting.html.orig        2010-11-22 14:01:35.000000000 -0800
> +++ porting-submitting.html     2010-11-22 14:02:09.000000000 -0800
> @@ -66,9 +66,8 @@
>  <blockquote class="NOTE">
>  <p><b>Note:</b> You can make our work a lot easier, if you use a good
> description in the
>  synopsis of the problem report. We prefer something like ``New port:
> -&lt;category&gt;/&lt;portname&gt; &lt;short description of the port&gt;''
> for new ports
> -and ``Update port: &lt;category&gt;/&lt;portname&gt; &lt;short description
> of the
> -update&gt;'' for port updates. If you stick to this scheme, the chance
> that someone will
> +&lt;category&gt;/&lt;portname&gt; &lt;short description of the port&gt;''
> for new ports.
> +If you stick to this scheme, the chance that someone will
>  take a look at your PR soon is much better.</p>
>  </blockquote>
>  </div>
> --- end diff ---
>
>
The two examples just posted are in HTML. I'm pretty sure that the
documentation source isn't HTML.

-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen