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Being a maintainer means <strong>more</strong> than just submitting ports. |
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Check out a copy of the ports tree from cvs. |
Check out a copy of the ports tree from cvs. |
You can find instructions to do this at |
You can find instructions to do this at |
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.html"> |
<a href="http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.html"> |
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Maintain the port! As time goes by, problems may arise, or new versions |
Maintain the port! As time goes by, problems may arise, or new versions |
of the software may be released. You should strive to keep your port up |
of the software may be released. You should strive to keep your port up |
to date. In other words - iterate, test, test, iterate... |
to date. In other words - iterate, test, test, iterate... |
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When updating a port, remember to handle dependencies! You shouldn't break any |
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port that depends on yours. In case of problems, communicate with the |
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maintainers of such ports. Likewise, be alert for dependency updates, and |
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check that the maintainer did their job. |
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Thank you for supporting the OpenBSD "ports" process! |
Thank you for supporting the OpenBSD "ports" process! |