Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 07:01:43 -0500 From: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: Bill Fenner <fenner@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Unfetchable distfiles reminder Message-ID: <200610070701.43299.josh@tcbug.org> In-Reply-To: <200610071002.k97A2XkE037345@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200610071002.k97A2XkE037345@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Saturday 07 October 2006 05:02, Bill Fenner wrote: > Dear porters, > > This is just a reminder to please periodically check the list of > unfetchable distfiles at > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/ . In particular, the > list of ports with no MAINTAINER with distfile problems, which > currently has 206 bad ports, is > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/ports@freebsd.org.html > > Since no one is responsible for these ports, the problem won't get > fixed unless someone on this list takes the initiative. > > In addition, the list of all ports with any unfetchable distfile > is > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/bad.html > > if you don't mind coordinating your fixes with the port MAINTAINER. > > Thanks for your help! > > Bill "distfiles" Fenner > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Fun stuff to track down. :) I didn't know anything about your site but it seems to me that it would be a fairly easy thing for a 'junior-hacker' looking to contribute to work on. Maybe it should be linked on the how-to-contribute page? Anyways, I've started taking a look at some of these. So far I've discovered that in some cases the mastersites no longer exist and there is either no email address for the port's author or the email address doesn't work. If this is the case should the ports be recommended for delettion or should the mastersite be changed to ftp.freebsd.org? This also raises the question of how long freebsd.org will retain the distfiles it has....indefintely? -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel
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