From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 10 23:32:05 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D43D6B3 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:32:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (gate2.funkthat.com [208.87.223.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "gold.funkthat.com", Issuer "gold.funkthat.com" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E6373B58 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:32:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gold.funkthat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id t1ANVsef037150 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:31:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg@gold.funkthat.com) Received: (from jmg@localhost) by gold.funkthat.com (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id t1ANVs8x037149; Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:31:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jmg) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:31:54 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney To: Chris H Subject: Re: how to make a port of ex-FreeBSD code... Message-ID: <20150210233154.GO1953@funkthat.com> References: <20150210222128.GL1953@funkthat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 9.1-PRERELEASE amd64 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 54BA 873B 6515 3F10 9E88 9322 9CB1 8F74 6D3F A396 X-Files: The truth is out there X-URL: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/ X-Resume: http://resnet.uoregon.edu/~gurney_j/resume.html X-TipJar: bitcoin:13Qmb6AeTgQecazTWph4XasEsP7nGRbAPE X-to-the-FBI-CIA-and-NSA: HI! HOW YA DOIN? can i haz chizburger? User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.7 (gold.funkthat.com [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:31:54 -0800 (PST) Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:32:05 -0000 Chris H wrote this message on Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 15:08 -0800: > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:21:28 -0800 John-Mark Gurney wrote > > > Hello, > > > > I'm going to be removing bdes (and possibly enigma) from FreeBSD and > > making a port of it... > > > > What is the best way to do this? > > > > Should I fetch this from git/svn? Make a new archive of this? But if > > I create a new archive, how to distribut it (keeping it in my home dir > > is not an option, as I don't plan on maintaining it)? > > > > Is there an example of other code that was retired to the ports tree? > The only example that I can think of was fortune(6); specifically; > the "naughty" fortunes that were censored. Last I heard, someone > indicated they had ported it into ports tree. A port was made, but it was nevery committed (or if it was, I sure can't find it), so that isn't a good example.. -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 415 225 5579 "All that I will do, has been done, All that I have, has not."