From 7f1577da0f81509ac8a0c7d14d1d09ca252582e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 20:33:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Adapt a mailing list post of mine into an FAQ.

And you all thought I could only remove FAQ questions!

Approved by:	bcr
---
 en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
index f7f54c493d..12b288e970 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
@@ -4214,6 +4214,35 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -&gt; i8254</screen>
 	</answer>
       </qandaentry>
 
+      <qandaentry>
+	<question id="how-do-download-ports-tree">
+	  <para>How do I download the Ports tree? Should I be using
+	    SVN?</para>
+	</question>
+
+	<answer>
+	  <para>Any of the methods listed here work:</para>
+
+	  <itemizedlist>
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>Use portsnap for most use cases.</para>
+	    </listitem>
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>Use SVN directly if you need custom patches
+		to the ports tree.</para>
+	    </listitem>
+	    <listitem>
+	      <para>Use CTM if you prefer getting patches
+		by email (this is a rarer use case).</para>
+	    </listitem>
+	  </itemizedlist>
+
+	  <para>Any other method should be considered a
+	    legacy method.  If you do not already use them,
+	    do not start.</para>
+	</answer>
+      </qandaentry>
+
       <qandaentry>
 	<question id="configure-inn">
 	  <para>How do I configure INN (Internet News) for my