From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Fri Dec 4 19:22:09 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0124A9712 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 19:22:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@bsdforge.com) Received: from udns.ultimatedns.net (static-24-113-41-81.wavecable.com [24.113.41.81]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "ultimatedns.net", Issuer "Let's Encrypt Authority X3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4CnjJK2RGSz3Pgl for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 19:22:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from portmaster@bsdforge.com) Received: from ultimatedns.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by udns.ultimatedns.net (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTP id 0B4JM1US013037 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2020 11:22:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from portmaster@bsdforge.com) MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 11:22:01 -0800 From: Chris To: freebsd-ports Subject: What's the procedure to rename a port? User-Agent: UDNSMS/17.0 Message-ID: <76408e2b1c45eadc739c69399e6abd95@bsdforge.com> X-Sender: portmaster@bsdforge.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4CnjJK2RGSz3Pgl X-Spamd-Bar: / Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; none X-Spamd-Result: default: False [0.00 / 15.00]; ASN(0.00)[asn:11404, ipnet:24.113.0.0/16, country:US]; local_wl_ip(0.00)[24.113.41.81] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2020 19:22:09 -0000 I maintain a port where the original author is now gone. I intend to take over maintenance, and make some additions/ improvements. it's devel/tkcvs -- a GUI for cvs/svn management. But it's *really* an RCS management utility, and as I am also adding GIT support. I feel it's name, and as a result, it's potential popularity. Would better expressed as: tkrcs. How to proceed, where the ports infrastructure is concerned? Thanks! --Chris