From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 3 18:17:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 576671065676 for ; Mon, 3 May 2010 18:17:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (lefty.soaustin.net [66.135.55.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CC468FC12 for ; Mon, 3 May 2010 18:17:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 976E68C068; Mon, 3 May 2010 13:17:52 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 13:17:52 -0500 From: Mark Linimon To: Tim A Message-ID: <20100503181752.GA10481@lonesome.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dixit port bad management 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: Mon, 03 May 2010 18:17:53 -0000 On Sun, May 02, 2010 at 02:59:40PM -0500, Tim A wrote: > 4) I don't understand the suprematism attitude of the maintainers in > charge, who don't give a penny on the programs they are suppose to > maintain. They are only interested in the statistics generated by their > unprofessional ports, but not in their quality. Well, we aren't professional, we are volunteers :-) but aside from that, if you want to see the port updated, please come up with a patch and submit via send-pr or the webpage. A quick check of GNATS shows no PRs filed against it since ports/86941 which created it back in 2005. mcl