On 27 April 2011 13:54, Kurt Jaeger <li...@opsec.eu> wrote: > Eitan Adler wrote: >> Things like the gmake upgrade and new ports >> features take a lot of time. Furthermore adding a port seems to be a >> "trivial" task, however the committers have to (a) fix it up if it is >> formatted badly (b) test it in a tinderbox and only then (c) commit >> it. > > I use three boxes (for 8.1 i386, amd64 and 9-current amd64) to > test. I do not use a tinderbox, as I assume considerable complexity > to set one up.
Nah, have a look at [1]. Easy as pie. > Does using a tinderbox make a large difference ? Yes! It finds hiccups in pkg-plist (very difficult to notice manually), it tests in different versions -- just add them to the queue. If you'd really like to try it out, I'll give you an account on my machine. Let me know. Chris [1] http://tinderbox.marcuscom.com/README/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
