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
using the software after step 4, to ensure that it works correctly
when installed from a package.</para>
<para>The most thorough way to automate these steps is via
installing the <application>ports tinderbox</application>.
This maintains <literal>jails</literal> in which you can
test all of the above steps without changing the state of
your running system. Please see
<filename>ports/ports-mgmt/tinderbox</filename> for more
information.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 id="porting-portlint">
@ -9055,9 +9063,9 @@ post-install:
maintainer. &os; has over 2000 ports without maintainers,
and this is an area where more volunteers are always needed.
(For a detailed description of the responsibilities of maintainers,
refer to the
refer to the section in the
<ulink url="&url.books.developers-handbook;/policies.html#POLICIES-MAINTAINER">
MAINTAINER on Makefiles</ulink> section.)</para>
Developer's Handbook</ulink>.)</para>
<para> The best way to
send us the diff is by including it via &man.send-pr.1; (category