Request clear steps for updating own port

[Mateusz Piotrowski]

On Mon, 21 May 2018 04:47:56 +0530
Manish Jain <jude.obscure at yandex.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have an active port (sysutils/mkdesktop) which I maintain myself.
>
>A few days back, I had to upgrade the port from 1.6 to 1.7 so as to
>reflect new names of kde4 packages.
>
>I seem to have completely lost memory of what I have to do to get the
>port updated properly in FreeBSD ports. Can someone be kind enough to
>guide me what steps are needed for updating one's own port?
>
>My port uses GitHub and is located at:
>https://github.com/bourne-again/mkdesktop
>
>Essentially, I have an updated Makefile/distinfo which I need to get
>merged into FreeBSD ports.
>
>I have updated the shar attachment for the port at the URL where the
>port was originally submitted:
>
>https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=221370

I'd open a new issue if you wish to update your port.

The title of the issue could be something like:

    sysutils/mkdesktop: Update to 1.7

Make sure to upload the diff with the new version of your port. Shar is
OK, I guess, but a patch is much much better.

The handbook has some useful hints as well probably:
https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/port-upgrading.html

Good luck!

Mateusz