Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:50:14 -0500 From: "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: GP <godpost@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting a port accepted? Message-ID: <790a9fff0803222050l13453affqc2d58126931a6645@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <001c01c88c76$68c80e30$6300000a@pi> References: <200803222005.m2MK5897045245@freefall.freebsd.org> <001c01c88c76$68c80e30$6300000a@pi>
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On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 6:42 PM, GP <godpost@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been stupid. I'v braged about FreeBSD and the software being almost > up do date. That was my mistake! > I volunteered to port a simple application and submitted it the 14 of > January. And its still opened and unassigned. On further investigation I see > that its not only my application. > > What is wrong with the port management? Are the rules to strict to encourage > new porters or are there temporary problems? > There is nothing wrong, its just that when you submitted your port on 1/14, we were in the middle of a Ports Freeze in preparation for the release of FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0, which delayed the commiting of updates and new ports until after 7.0 was released. FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Announcement Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:00:11 -0500 FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Announcement Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:19:52 -0500 > What can I do to get my application accepted? > (problem report: 119672) > 1. Watching the ports lists for announcements of a Ports Freeze 2. Sending a polite reminder message to the FreeBSD-Ports list after 2 - 3 wks has passed since submitting the PR. Scot
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