Port Submission Etiquette

[Paul Schmehl]

--On May 6, 2008 9:09:06 PM -0400 Sahil Tandon <sahil at tandon.net> wrote:

> I would like to submit a new port which "RUN_DEPENDS" another port; the
> latter did not exist in the tree, so I submitted it (ports/123382) on
> May 4.   I fully appreciate the committers' various responsibilities and
> time  constraints, so this is not a 'hey, what's taking you so long'
> query.  Since  this was my first submission, I am just trying to get a
> sense of proper  etiquette.  Is it bad form to email the committer who
> took responsibility of  the PR asking whether I've made a glaring
> mistake which would be fixable via  a follow-up?  Or should I simply
> wait for a "feedback" request if that were  the case?
>

Submit the second port and include a note that it depends on a port you 
recently submitted.  Cite the PR number and point out that the port you 
are submitting should not be committed until the first port is.

Paul Schmehl (pauls at utdallas.edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/