Huub wrote:
> Martijn van Buul wrote:
>> It occurred to me that Huub wrote in gmane.os.netbsd.ports.x86-64:
>>> Ok, but after reading the send-pr manpage, I'm still not sure what to
>>> do. I assume I should remove "SEND-PR" in front of a line. 
>>
>> No, you should *not*. Those SEND-PR: lines are *comment* lines, which
>> will be removed (As clearly stated). You shouldn't touch them, they're
>> merely there to inform you.
>>
>> You should fill in the required fields: Confidential, Synopsis, Severity,
>> Priority, Category, Class, Description, possibly how-to-repeat.
>>
> 
> Could you then fill me in how to fill them in, e.g.:
> Confidential: no (?)
> Synopsis: building firefox fails (?)
> Severity: serious (?)
> Priority: high (?)
> Category: pkg
> Class: sw-bug (?)
> Description: firefox fails to build(?)
> 

If your having issues with send-pr you may want to try the web interface:

http://www.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/sendpr.cgi?gndb=netbsd

You can find some general instructions on how to file a PR and what the
fields mean here:

http://www.netbsd.org/Misc/send-pr.html
http://www.netbsd.org/Misc/pr-hints.html
http://www.netbsd.org/Misc/pr-fields.html

adrian.