Yes. If you follow the ports mailing list for a while (or look in the archives), you will see messages containing diffs for updated ports, and possibly tar archives containing entierly new ports. These messages usually have with words "update" or "new" on the subject line, and the name of the port in question. These are for anyone to test and comment on, and eventually someone with commit rights will commit them (if it seems interesting enough, I assume).
Andreas On 03/10/05, João Salvatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, so you mean not all port maintainers have a CVS account to update the > tree, > I didn't know that. So everytime a port is updated it will depend on another > maintainer to take the diff file and apply it to the port, then it will become > updated and available for system update by CVS. > > Thanks Andreas. > > On 10/3/05, Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi João, > > > > I'm a port maintainer, which means I look after a few smaller > > applications (stow, anacron, mcl etc.) I have no CVS commit rights, > > so when I want to update one of my ports I send a text diff to the > > ports mailing list, hoping someone here will take it, test it, and > > commit it (I obviously do as much testing as possible myself first). > > Once it is commited and the CVS mirrors have picked it up, anyone > > checking the ports tree out can use it. > > > > This is described here: > > http://openbsd.org/checklist.html > > http://openbsd.org/porting.html > > http://openbsd.org/ports.html > > > > Andreas > > > > On 03/10/05, João Salvatti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'd like you to explain me something. When a maintainer decides to > > > create a new port or when he decides to update an existing port, does > > > this port become already available from CVS? For example: A maintainer > > > creates a new port. an HTML editor, so if he wants to make it > > > available from the port tree, the only necessary thing would be to > > > update the port under CVS? Is it the same thing to have a port > > > updated? Could please anyone explain me how this happens, or just tell > > > me where I could find informations about it? > > > > > > > > -- > > Andreas Kahari > > > > > -- > João Salvatti > Undergraduating in Computer Science > Federal University of Para - UFPA > web: http://salvatti.expert.com.br > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Andreas Kahari
