docs/63315: [patch] committers-guide: record new port repocopy procedure
Pav Lucistnik
pav at FreeBSD.org
Tue Feb 24 19:00:40 UTC 2004
>Number: 63315
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] committers-guide: record new port repocopy procedure
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Tue Feb 24 11:00:32 PST 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Pav Lucistnik
>Release: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD pav.hide.vol.cz 4.9-STABLE FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE #0: Fri Jan 9 19:34:38 CET 2004 root at pav.hide.vol.cz:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/PAV i386
>Description:
Update "Ports Specific FAQ" section of Committer's Guide with a new procedure
to handle ports repocopies.
Written by: pav
Proofreaded by: adamw
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Index: article.sgml
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RCS file: /home/dcvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.179
diff -a -u -r1.179 article.sgml
--- article.sgml 21 Feb 2004 15:59:56 -0000 1.179
+++ article.sgml 24 Feb 2004 18:46:45 -0000
@@ -2291,10 +2291,9 @@
<answer>
<para>When you want to add a port that is related to
any port that is already in the tree in a separate
- directory, please send mail to the ports manager asking
- about it. Here <wordasword>related</wordasword> means
- it is a different version or a slightly modified
- version. Examples are
+ directory, you have to do a repository copy. Here
+ <wordasword>related</wordasword> means it is a different
+ version or a slightly modified version. Examples are
<filename>print/ghostscript*</filename> (different
versions) and <filename>x11-wm/windowmaker*</filename>
(English-only and internationalized version).</para>
@@ -2328,11 +2327,13 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>Send mail to &a.portmgr;, listing the reasons for
- the repository copy request. If &a.portmgr approves
- it, &a.cvs; will do a repository copy from the old
- to the new location and/or name. Once you receive
- notification that everything is done, perform the
+ <para>File the Problem Report in GNATS. Assign it to
+ <constant>portmgr</constant> and set <varname>state</varname> to
+ <constant>repocopy</constant>. If &a.portmgr; approves it,
+ it will be reassigned to <constant>cvs</constant>.
+ &a.cvs; will do a repository copy from the old
+ to the new location, and reassign the Problem
+ Report back to you. Once everything is done, perform the
following:</para>
<itemizedlist>
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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