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details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/pkgsrc/rev/c979d3f020c8
branches:  trunk
changeset: 513039:c979d3f020c8
user:      rillig <rillig%pkgsrc.org@localhost>
date:      Fri May 19 21:08:42 2006 +0000

description:
The difference between submission of binary and source packages is
emphasized by using two distict sections for them.

diffstat:

 doc/guide/files/submit.xml |  97 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------------
 1 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

diffs (114 lines):

diff -r 76ad2a6bc8bf -r c979d3f020c8 doc/guide/files/submit.xml
--- a/doc/guide/files/submit.xml        Fri May 19 20:53:34 2006 +0000
+++ b/doc/guide/files/submit.xml        Fri May 19 21:08:42 2006 +0000
@@ -1,67 +1,56 @@
-<!-- $NetBSD: submit.xml,v 1.10 2006/03/02 23:08:40 rillig Exp $ -->
+<!-- $NetBSD: submit.xml,v 1.11 2006/05/19 21:08:42 rillig Exp $ -->
 
 <chapter id="submit"> <?dbhtml filename="submit.html"?>
 <title>Submitting and Committing</title>
 
-<sect1 id="submitting-your-package">
-<title>Submitting your packages</title>
-<para>
-You have to separate between binary and <quote>normal</quote> (source)
-packages here:
-</para>
-
-<itemizedlist>
-<listitem>
-<para>precompiled binary packages</para>
-<para>
-  Our policy is that we accept binaries only from pkgsrc developers to
-  guarantee that the packages don't contain any trojan horses etc.
-  This is not to annoy anyone but rather to protect our users!
-  You're still free to put up your home-made binary packages and tell
-  the world where to get them. NetBSD developers doing bulk builds and
-  wanting to upload them please see <xref linkend="bulk-upload"/>.
-</para>
-</listitem>
+<sect1 id="submitting-binary-packages">
+<title>Submitting binary packages</title>
 
-<listitem>
-<para>packages</para>
-<para>
-  First, check that your package is complete, compiles and runs well;
-  see <xref linkend="debug"/> and the rest of this document. Next,
-  generate an uuencoded gzipped &man.tar.1; archive, preferably with all files
-  in a single directory.
-  Finally, <command>send-pr</command> with category <quote>pkg</quote>, a
-  synopsis which includes the package name and version number, a short
-  description of your package (contents of the COMMENT variable or DESCR
-  file are OK) and attach the archive to your PR.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-  If you want to submit several packages, please send a separate PR for
-  each one, it's easier for us to track things that way.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-  Alternatively, you can also import new packages into pkgsrc-wip
-  (<quote>pkgsrc work-in-progress</quote>); see the homepage at <ulink
-  url="http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net/"/> for details.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
+       <para>Our policy is that we accept binaries only from pkgsrc
+       developers to guarantee that the packages don't contain any
+       trojan horses etc. This is not to annoy anyone but rather to
+       protect our users! You're still free to put up your home-made
+       binary packages and tell the world where to get them. NetBSD
+       developers doing bulk builds and wanting to upload them please
+       see <xref linkend="bulk-upload"/>.</para>
 
 </sect1>
+<sect1 id="submitting-your-package">
+<title>Submitting source packages (for non-NetBSD-developers)</title>
 
+       <para>First, check that your package is complete, compiles and
+       runs well; see <xref linkend="debug"/> and the rest of this
+       document. Next, generate an uuencoded gzipped &man.tar.1;
+       archive, preferably with all files in a single directory.
+       Finally, <command>send-pr</command> with category
+       <quote>pkg</quote>, a synopsis which includes the package name
+       and version number, a short description of your package
+       (contents of the COMMENT variable or DESCR file are OK) and
+       attach the archive to your PR.</para>
+
+       <para>If you want to submit several packages, please send a
+       separate PR for each one, it's easier for us to track things
+       that way.</para>
+
+       <para>Alternatively, you can also import new packages into
+       pkgsrc-wip (<quote>pkgsrc work-in-progress</quote>); see the
+       homepage at <ulink url="http://pkgsrc-wip.sourceforge.net/"/>
+       for details.</para>
+
+</sect1>
 <sect1 id="general-notes-for-changes">
 <title>General notes when adding, updating, or removing packages</title>
-<para>Please note all package additions, updates, moves, and removals
-  in <filename>pkgsrc/doc/CHANGES</filename>. It's very important
-  to keep this file up to date and conforming to the existing
-  format, because it will be used by scripts to automatically update
-  pages on <ulink url="http://www.NetBSD.org/";>www.NetBSD.org</ulink>
-  and other sites. Additionally, check the
-  <filename>pkgsrc/doc/TODO</filename> file and remove the entry
-  for the package you updated or removed, in case it was mentioned
-  there.</para>
+
+       <para>Please note all package additions, updates, moves, and
+       removals in <filename>pkgsrc/doc/CHANGES</filename>. It's very
+       important to keep this file up to date and conforming to the
+       existing format, because it will be used by scripts to
+       automatically update pages on <ulink
+       url="http://www.NetBSD.org/";>www.NetBSD.org</ulink> and other
+       sites. Additionally, check the
+       <filename>pkgsrc/doc/TODO</filename> file and remove the entry
+       for the package you updated or removed, in case it was mentioned
+       there.</para>
 
        <para>When the <varname>PKGREVISION</varname> of a package is
        bumped, the change should appear in



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