From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 12 17:32:34 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1B5D1065691 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:32:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tabthorpe@freebsd.org) Received: from rex.goodking.ca (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:1c:66::2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 522F18FC16 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:32:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tabthorpe@freebsd.org) Received: from goodking6 (goodking6 [IPv6:2001:1938:82:57::2]) by rex.goodking.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n1CHWWof046012 for ; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:32:33 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from tabthorpe@freebsd.org) From: Thomas Abthorpe Organization: FreeBSD.GoodKing.Ca To: ports@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:32:13 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 X-Face: /|[9, PbEOB6g>?2^*Sc|"~6:Ro"O>Nv\Rfkv\42g)TuAYG&+bD\pCJTX31s_p{c7]5a.D. Y@QddKu_I[XB8; euK=^[=L1I#]rgi[0jgz^4qCTwlj]3kJ)]vc}O"HrA14hN)aXewJPTi| Pt{S3#Vw4x-"/:& X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1 (rex.goodking.ca [IPv6:2001:470:1c:66::2]); Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:32:33 -0500 (EST) Cc: Subject: Call for potential ports maintainers 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: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:32:37 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This topic came up in IRC, and I was encouraged to go out, and find some new maintainers. At any given time, approximately 20 - 25% of all ports are unmaintained. Not all unmaintained ports need updating, but some do. That is where you folks come in. There are a bunch of you out there who are subscribers to this list (and other FreeBSD related lists too, I am sure), you have FreeBSD installed and likely have quite an array of ports installed on this system of yours. You are subscribed as a means of keeping up with the world of FreeBSD. But you have been holding back, thinking "I really would like to do something to contribute to the success of FreeBSD, but I am not sure what." How do I know this? I was one, a silent observer on the mailing lists, and in on IRC. Then one day, I answered a similar plea, http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2006-May/001065.html. I have summarised some details on the wiki on Adopting Ports, http://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsTasks#head-f018f566bce2ff96ec13fabd536d7cc6dc6f4275. The gauntlet has been thrown down, who among you is prepared to pick it up? Thomas - -- Thomas Abthorpe | FreeBSD Committer tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org | http://people.freebsd.org/~tabthorpe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmUXS4ACgkQ5Gm/jNBp8qC+ZwCfVKsvZ/dzlOGI5cfbvPLtPcB7 f7QAn3UqrIIMvdDH1eDL11xeu32qSNWL =l/Oi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----