From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 30 12:40:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88B741065671 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:40:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E92B8FC1E for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:40:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from unixmania@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id q2so266350uge.37 for ; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:40:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=FHqI/my5URz6EYuoXqovisxIMyPOPzsfarBLDPV/R0A=; b=sGA6M1Fgm+R0e2wv/bP/SSlFfqFM0T64at05IeR5ZlydIJrvQXHQuUGCLgFRYW8gYN OGqURXkSgGY3r+rZwyD1yPHx8CGS/58Z2dsjQOIOLtpeUEHPhObKPV2ncCjTrfojQEyF w38u2IIQDkWvEJCpSjcFxrrOsMSB1nJLVW4IE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=L7+/EdtG9oWNd1ntXGtojOyp3mcB7KaNHCYUD7PGtxRWHrBhqyeUkn60KZWG3iDxi1 Mcl3E3A0QKlHITuYwKJ4o/+PiNZzcCg5ODbUEDI/1hUAOKbg86i5XotJXMbuNRYY8UGq lxd4tquAnJTGK4NDgzV0Gwu2161z5melmdYN0= Received: by 10.66.220.17 with SMTP id s17mr1202112ugg.48.1217421643487; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.66.234.1 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:40:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:40:43 -0300 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" To: stevefranks@ieee.org In-Reply-To: <539c60b90807281609l5f46cf4co43fce56c8a3e41ea@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <539c60b90807281609l5f46cf4co43fce56c8a3e41ea@mail.gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Ports List Subject: Re: port ezload (linux: fxload) unmaintained? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:40:45 -0000 On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Steve Franks wrote: > I proposed some changes to ezload in march. I've not heard from the > maintainer or author, and the download site is offline today. It is up an running now: http://proj.bpsw.biz/ezload/ http://proj.bpsw.biz/ezload/downloads/ > ezload is important because it loads firmware on usb devices, many of > which are fairly common. unfortunately, support for newer (< 3-4 > years old) devices still has not been added. > > The linux people use something called fxload instead, which supports > the new devices, but is pretty much identical functionally. > > A one line change to the source will support the new devices (at least > those I possess). > > What should one do in this situation? Did you submit a PR? If the port maintainer and program author are missing then I suggest you to take the torch. -- If you think things can't get worse it's probably only because you lack sufficient imagination.