Add a note that the recommended way to do regression testing is the ports
tinderbox. This should greatly expanded. While here, clean up a brain-o in the POLICIES-MAINTAINER crossref.
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see if all the new directories are correctly deleted. Also, try
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using the software after step 4, to ensure that it works correctly
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when installed from a package.</para>
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<para>The most thorough way to automate these steps is via
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installing the <application>ports tinderbox</application>.
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This maintains <literal>jails</literal> in which you can
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test all of the above steps without changing the state of
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your running system. Please see
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<filename>ports/ports-mgmt/tinderbox</filename> for more
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information.</para>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="porting-portlint">
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maintainer. &os; has over 2000 ports without maintainers,
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and this is an area where more volunteers are always needed.
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(For a detailed description of the responsibilities of maintainers,
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refer to the
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refer to the section in the
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<ulink url="&url.books.developers-handbook;/policies.html#POLICIES-MAINTAINER">
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MAINTAINER on Makefiles</ulink> section.)</para>
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Developer's Handbook</ulink>.)</para>
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<para> The best way to
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send us the diff is by including it via &man.send-pr.1; (category
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