From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 23 11:57:30 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9F4C16A455 for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 11:57:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steinex@nognu.de) Received: from shodan.nognu.de (shodan.nognu.de [85.14.216.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55C8743D46 for ; Tue, 23 May 2006 11:57:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steinex@nognu.de) Received: by shodan.nognu.de (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 0C33AB854; Tue, 23 May 2006 13:57:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 13:57:28 +0200 From: Frank Steinborn To: "Chris H." Mail-Followup-To: "Chris H." , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <4471361B.5060208@freebsd.org> <20060521231657.O6063@abigail.angeltread.org> <44714FBB.4000603@samsco.org> <44718700.2060102@kernel32.de> <20060522133424.3087acfc@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <20060523043233.4ul85wdeeoowocwk@webmail.1command.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060523043233.4ul85wdeeoowocwk@webmail.1command.com> User-Agent: mutt-ng/devel-r804 (FreeBSD) Message-Id: <20060523115728.0C33AB854@shodan.nognu.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Security Survey X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 11:57:30 -0000 Chris H. wrote: > This brings up a point I have been wanting to bring up for over a mos.; > I adopted an "orphaned" port (contacted the owner, whom then relenquished > ownership to me.). But found it _more_ than difficult to discover how > to inform the fBSD port(s) system of it's new, *un*orphaned status. > I read through the online doc's about it. But got dizzy with the > circularness of it. Searching led to no _difinative_ answer(s) either. > Is it still send pr just to update it's status? Couldn't there be an > online form to change ownership/ stewardship? I *can* comprehend the > send pr system. I simply can't understand how to change/ update > ownership/ stewardship. Perhaps this is why so many of the orphaned > ports remain in this state. Open a PR and simply set MAINTAINER to your own address. Use category 'ports' and and class 'change-request'. Frank