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Date:      Fri, 12 May 2006 21:41:08 -0700
From:      Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
To:        Shaun Amott <shaun@inerd.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: qpopper
Message-ID:  <F7491A0C-F9B9-4A69-931F-B38A2B03EDAE@lafn.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060513042230.GA2204@picobyte.net>
References:  <B6A18E1A-CA88-45FC-8A6C-D2324973324F@lafn.org> <20060513022617.GC960@picobyte.net> <3CDD7B72-34FC-45C2-828F-2F9F9C9FCD0F@lafn.org> <20060513042230.GA2204@picobyte.net>

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On May 12, 2006, at 21:22, Shaun Amott wrote:

> On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 09:03:04PM -0700, Doug Hardie wrote:
>>
>>> The port is assigned to the default ports@ address (pointed at this
>>> list), so it is currently not maintained.
>>
>> Interesting as that is not identified on the qualcomm web pages.  I
>> saw a reference to 4.1.0 and went digging through the qualcomm ftp
>> site.   Found 4.1a2 in the beta directory.  Its dated last summer.
>> It does have the code for the homedir issues in it.  4.0.9 did not.
>> What is the status of the port going to be with no one assigned to  
>> it?
>>
>
> The port is unlikely to get updated, unless someone notices it and
> decides to look into it.
>
> If you feel you could take responsibility for the port, then feel free
> to submit a patch and offer to maintain it. In this case, you'll  
> want to
> have a read of the Porter's Handbook first (easily found on Google).

I will look through the Porter's Handbood again.  Didn't understand  
it on quick read a few weeks ago.  Is this the right place to ask  
about the porting process?




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