Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 22:01:48 +0200 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> To: Marco Beishuizen <mbeis@xs4all.nl> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: port maintainership of alpine? Message-ID: <20140524200148.GI2341@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405242146370.59492@localhost> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405242117050.59492@localhost> <20140524194346.GH2341@home.opsec.eu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1405242146370.59492@localhost>
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Hi! [maintaining mail/alpine] > >> So I was thinking of becoming a port maintainer. Although I'm using > >> FreeBSD for 15 years now, I have no programming experience at all. > > > > Do you have experience building software ? What is your background ? > > Other than building ports, no. I don't have an IT background, but a > finance and legal background so that's not helping me here :-). The finance-background should help you getting the details 8-) How many ports did you already build yourself ? On which fbsd versions ? Did you sometimes fix ports to get them to build ? > >> So my first question is if it is possible for someone like me to become a > >> maintainer for a port like alpine, or should I learn programming in C > >> first? > > Learning 'make' would probably more important to maintain the port. > > Given that the latest alpine release was around 2008, it looks like > > this software is not maintained even upstream! For this, you will > > definitly need C skills. > > The version in ports is old but alpine is still being developed and > currently at version 2.11. Ah! Thanks for the pointer. Then you only need to get the 'make' stuff. How much 'make' did you take up on the side ? > > Given the deadline for non-staged ports, it looks like a tight race. > > I know so that is why I'm interested. I guess (very rough guess, I know) you need between 40 to 80 hours (!) to dig deep enough to get it done. You need to learn make. -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 6 years to go !
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