Changes between Version 12 and Version 13 of NewCommittersGuide

Timestamp:

Dec 1, 2008, 10:08:24 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

blb@…

Comment:

Clarify bit about top-level categories and new directories

NewCommittersGuide

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    1. Other, similar reasons
  1. All committers must subscribe to the [http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-changes macports-changes] list under their MacPorts credentials to keep track of current changes and because the list is subscriber-post-only, so commit messages will otherwise be rejected
- 1. New top-level categories (those which are represented by directories in the MacPorts tree) need to be approved prior to adding; secondary categories (the second and later ones listed on the '''categories''' Portfile key) can be added when it makes sense (since these really only show under the web interface, and have no filesystem representation)
+ 1. New top-level categories (those which are represented by subdirectories directly beneath dports/) need to be approved prior to adding; secondary categories (the second and later ones listed on the '''categories''' Portfile key) can be added when it makes sense (since these really only show under the web interface, and have no filesystem representation)
  1. Make sure the port name matches between the MacPorts svn directory name and the '''name''' Portfile key (while the system works fine when they don't, keeping them synchronized avoids confusing situations)
  1. Should commit logs finally be standardized?  The output is shown in various places and forms: trac, RSS, email, [http://cia.vc/ CIA] stuff; some of these may just use the first line