Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:44:08 -0200 From: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for potential ports maintainers Message-ID: <200902121744.08159.gnemmi@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200902121232.30515.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> References: <200902121232.30515.tabthorpe@freebsd.org>
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On Thursday 12 February 2009 3:32:13 pm Thomas Abthorpe wrote: > 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-f018f566bce2ff96ec13fabd536d7cc6dc6 >f4275. > > The gauntlet has been thrown down, who among you is prepared to pick it up? > > > Thomas Charlie Kester couldn't have said it better, so I'm gonna take his words: "I plead guilty and will look through the list of unmaintained ports to see if there are any where my skills and interests are a good fit." Will try to write back soon with some work already done. Regards -- Blessings Gonzalo Nemmi
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