From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 12:19:27 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9256616A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:19:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from cultdeadsheep.org (charon.cultdeadsheep.org [80.65.226.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64CDF43FE3 for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 12:19:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org) Received: (qmail 28849 invoked by uid 85); 2 Dec 2003 21:19:23 +0100 Received: from sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org by goofy.cultdeadsheep.org by uid 82 with qmail-scanner-1.20rc2 ( Clear:RC:1:. Processed in 0.192596 secs); 02 Dec 2003 20:19:23 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO persephone.cultdeadsheep.org) (192.168.0.8) by goofy.cultdeadsheep.org with SMTP; 2 Dec 2003 21:19:21 +0100 Received: (qmail 69991 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2003 21:19:10 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO lucifer.cultdeadsheep.org) (192.168.0.2) by persephone.cultdeadsheep.org with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 2 Dec 2003 21:19:10 +0100 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:20:27 +0100 From: Clement Laforet To: Adam Weinberger Message-Id: <20031202212027.4af0f412.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> In-Reply-To: <20031202183931.GU27144@toxic.magnesium.net> References: <20031202130020.GA34672@sativa.0x45.org> <20031202153210.250e5ac7.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> <20031202183931.GU27144@toxic.magnesium.net> Organization: tH3 cUlt 0f tH3 d3@d sH33p X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: ports@freebsd.org cc: vinc@freebsd-fr.org Subject: Re: Want to create/maintain a port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 20:19:27 -0000 On 2 Dec 2003 13:39:31 -0500 Adam Weinberger wrote: > >> (12.02.2003 @ 0932 PST): Clement Laforet said, in 1.7K: << > > 2. don't be scared to take over maintainership even if you don't > > modify the port > > I'd be careful with that. There's a whole lot of maintainers who > don't. Maintainership is a responsibility, not just a title. You're right... but it quite hard to evaluate how involved a contributor is. We should encourage people to do "worthless" works first(like cleaning orphaned port) before assuming maintainership/submitting new ports. OTOH, we have maintainers who don't drop their maintainership when they can't find time/motivation to assume it. > > 3. Track freshmeat :) > > Truly the best way to find new apps. I find at least one or two every > day that I'd like to port. In fact, I have a build directory with over > 75 completely finished ports that I'm waiting for divine inspiration > to commit. ;-) clem