Re: Can someone please post a concise list of things maintainers are supposed to do?

On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 9:04 AM Stefan Bethke <stb@lassitu.de> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> every time I submit a PR to update a port I maintain, I get conflicting
> instructions about how to fill in the PR. This is really annoying, and some
> committers apparently feel they will not move forward in processing the PR
> unless some bureaucratic bullshit is done.
>
> Can the ports team please provide a concise, definitive list on how a
> maintainer is supposed to fill in a port update PR, so this nonsense stops?
>

Hi Stefan,

Having the PR database in good shape is important. It makes it more
searchable and helps with consistency.

The canonical information on how to properly fill a PR is in the resources
found at https://www.freebsd.org/support/bugreports/

Some port specific tips would be:
-

If Reporter is MAINTAINER, set *maintainer-approval* attachment flag value
to + (#teach)
- Do not set maintainer-feedback unless to avoid maintainer timeout or if
it was requested first.
-
- Version update:
-
-  *Check for upstream changelog URL, add to URL field

 * Bugfix or security release: Set *merge-quarterly* flag to ?
-

 * Security release: Request VuXML entry (#teach)
-

If port Makefile gives an error, specify target in summary, like: Fails to
<target>: $error-summary
Cheers.

>
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan
>
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