On Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:46:11 +0100 Matthew Seaman <m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:
>Jerry wrote: >> I maintain a port that is undergoing some radical changes in the way >> it maintains its 'config' files. This will require that the end user >> make some minor changes in order to get the program to run >> correctly. How do I go about getting something posted in the >> UPDATING file? I couldn't find anything in the Porter's Handbook >> describing the procedure. > >Add a request to the PR you send in with the updates to your port, >including the text you'ld like to have added to UPDATING. Unless it's >completely frivolous or contentious or otherwise unsuitable most ports >committers would happily add the message to UPDATING for you. > >I find it's also a good idea to add a warning about such things to >any pkg_message printed out at install time. Thanks! I was considering the pkg_message idea; however, users of Portupgrade or other port maintenance tools often do not see the messages printed out out the end of the installation. I will be including a message though. Maybe they should add an addendum to the Porter's Handbook describing that. -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com Alley's Axiom : Justice always prevails . . . three times out of seven.
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