From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 31 11:51:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F56F16A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:51:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (adsl-63-207-60-134.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [63.207.60.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A971143D2F for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:50:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 197DC66E61; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:50:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:50:56 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Matt Staroscik Message-ID: <20031231195055.GA12045@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20031231013942.3E6B216A4D8@hub.freebsd.org> <6060.207.46.125.17.1072899299.squirrel@wrongcrowd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <6060.207.46.125.17.1072899299.squirrel@wrongcrowd.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Broken, orphaned port: how can I help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 19:51:02 -0000 --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 11:34:59AM -0800, Matt Staroscik wrote: >=20 > Yesterday I tried installing a port and found that it was broken though > not marked as such. The problems were simple -- simple enough that *I* got > it working! -- and I emailed the listed port maintainer with what I have > found. >=20 > Now, I haven't heard back, but I am not jumping to conclusions because of > the holidays. But out of curiosity, if the port is in fact orphaned, what > happens? Who is the next person to contact? >=20 > I have been using FreeBSD for a while but I really don't have a good grasp > of the "big picture." I want to be a good citizen though. :) Comments? >=20 If you don't hear back from the maintainer (at least an acknowledgement of receipt) then file a PR through the web form or send-pr(1) and be sure to mention the details of your correspondence with the maintainer. If you should hear back from the maintainer after filing the PR then please remember to update it. Kris --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/8yifWry0BWjoQKURAvn+AKDVv6d8fbuZbpq8321weL1mUtx6RACg5b+5 dyOLR7dnOGbsLAK0bZ7shcI= =O4hM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --dDRMvlgZJXvWKvBx--