Date: Thu, 5 May 2011 17:50:12 -0700 From: John Prather <john.c.prather@gmail.com> To: John Hixson <john@ixsystems.com>, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/151371: New Port: audio/pithos GNOME Pandora player Message-ID: <BANLkTim%2Bk496pUm8_h5dnEdFpivnnj_puA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201010101809.o9AI9xfj024136@www.freebsd.org> References: <201010101809.o9AI9xfj024136@www.freebsd.org>
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John / Community, I'm a huge fan of pithos (namely because adobe air is not available for FreeBSD to run the official pandora desktop client), and was somewhat disappointed that PR ports/151371 ended up being closed without getting corrected and committed. I had a far simpler version of a pithos port which I almost submitted back in December, before John beat me to the chase with a more complex one. I've updated it to current 0.3.8 r162, and would be happy to submit it as another new port request, however I believe that might be a bit of a kneejerk reaction. 1) I have no python skills, it's a miracle I even put together a port for this which works. 2) I have an extremely weak understanding of gnome/kde .desktop files 3) There are patches in this PR which I don't understand, due to #1 and #2. 4) I don't want to submit my super basic port without including the hard work John put into his attempt in it, but that's hard due to #3. 5) It's likely john@pcbsd.org may be a more competent maintainer for this port than I would be, given the above, especially #1. If John Hixson, or for that matter, anybody else in the community who is more familiar with these things than I, has interest in pursuing getting pithos easily available on the FreeBSD desktop, I would be happy to share what I have and let this rest in the hands of somebody less likely to get stumped by some python issue in future releases. If I don't get a response, I'll probably eventually just submit what I've got put together, since a basic pithos port seems better to me than none at all. What I have together right now for 0.3.8r162 is available for review at: http://interwebfun.org/pithos.shar.txt Hasn't been through tinderbox since I've tweaked it, but seems to build, install, and deinstall without any issues. Any interest? -john
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