Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2013 08:36:37 +0300 From: Jarmo Hurri <jarmo.hurri@syk.fi> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Q: Updating a port (math:asymptote) Message-ID: <87ob6vrqxm.fsf@syk.fi> References: <87vc13aio7.fsf@syk.fi> <20131011222457.18bc81cecd74908615be2bad@sohara.org>
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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> writes: >> 2. Try to become a maintainer. How? > > Step one would be to try bringing the port up to date yourself, > sometimes it is as easy as editing the Makefile, changing the version > and running make makesum to update the checksums. Sometimes the > patches need to be adjusted in which case much depends on how much > patching was needed in the first place. In the case of asymptote it > looks like the only patch is adjusting the path to exampledir in > Makefile.in which ought to be pretty easy to handle. > > If you succeed in bringing the port up to date then your problem > is solved (you have an up to date version) and if you use send-pr to > submit the changes to bring it up to date then there's a good chance > that you'll solve the same problem for everyone else who may want it. Sounds reasonable. I think I'll give this a try once 10.0 is officially out. > FreeBSD is a volunteer project and the best way to make it > better is to scratch your itches and contribute the result. It would be interesting to know how the number of volunteers has changed during the past couple of years. Thanks! Jarmo
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