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Date:      Mon, 18 Nov 2002 20:41:00 +0100
From:      "Lars Thegler" <lars@thegler.dk>
To:        "Paul Everlund" <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se>, "Bill Fenner" <fenner@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        <ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Possibly unbuildable ports reminder
Message-ID:  <009201c28f3a$6c68ae30$0200000a@marvin>
References:  <200211141800.gAEI04Qt052417@freefall.freebsd.org> <3DD7C6F1.1020106@cs.umu.se>

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This has been discussed to death, and then some :) I believe the current
consensus is that people help the best by testing out new ports and patches,
and adding their input to the existing PRs. The actual committing is not the
greatest part of the work.

/Lars

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Everlund" <tdv94ped@cs.umu.se>
To: "Bill Fenner" <fenner@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: <ports@freebsd.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: Possibly unbuildable ports reminder


> Hi!
>
> This is not directed personally to Bill Fenner.
>
> I did a fix of xblackjack-2.2 (see PS ports/44768), but nothing
> have happened, and it did show up in the latest...
>
> > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/errorlogs/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.
>
> It seems that there are too few committers and too much to commit,
> and hence I'm offering my time to help you. I would like to have
> an mentor to help me out in the beginning, so if anyone in the
> FreeBSD Project is up for it, please send me a mail. It would be
> a great honour to be a part of it all!
>
> As for now, if people spend time doing fixes for ports, and they
> never get committed, people will eventually give up. I think it
> would be a great loss for the project! Myself would put more time
> to get those ports fixed if I would know they were committed. I
> know the committers do not have infinite time at their hands to
> test and committ all the PS's. They're studying, working, and
> hopefully having a life that do not include computers. :-) They're
> doing a great work as it is today, but there are too much to commit,
> so therefore I would like to help you all out.
>
> > Thanks for your help!
>
> You're welcome! :-)
>
> Best regards,
> Paul
>
>
>
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