Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 04:11:48 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I want to contribute a utility, how? Message-ID: <15091.50132.232893.207569@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <81906244@toto.iv>
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Gunther Schadow <gunther@aurora.regenstrief.org> types: > Hi, > > in my project to produce VPN/firewall settop boxes, I have satisfied > a desperate need for some shell level IP adress calculator that would > help me genericise and simplify my configuration scripts. You probably > have that problem too, that some tools want netmasks, others want > a /prefix notation for networks, and you need to know low and high > host numbers, check whether an address is within a network and step > through host and network numbers etc. This is all handled now by the > following little tool. The man page is at the end. > > My question is: how can I contribute this? I'd like it to go into the > distribution rather than just a port. I understand that I have to clean > up some things first, coding standards, and fix the first of the bugs > listed. To get something added to the distribution, you really have to find someone with the commit bit willing to maintain it. If you want to keep maintaining it, submit it as a port. Submitting it as a port is probably the best way to bring it to the attention of the committers. That also seems to be the best path for adding things to the distribution. If it becomes sufficiently crucial, it'll move into the distribution. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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