From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Sep 21 10:47:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA09749 for ports-outgoing; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 10:47:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA09743 for ; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 10:47:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Journey2.mat.net (journey2.mat.net [206.246.122.116]) by earth.mat.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA00519; Sun, 21 Sep 1997 13:47:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 13:46:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@Journey2.mat.net To: "Stephen J. Roznowski" cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Making ports In-Reply-To: <199709211717.NAA13914@istari.home.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 21 Sep 1997, Stephen J. Roznowski wrote: > > From: Chuck Robey > > Subject: Making ports > > > > As a suggestion to porters: > > > > If you announce a port, or (more likely) post it via GNATS, and don't > > bother to give even the most cursory explanation of what it is or what it > > does, then don't be surprised it everyone decides to ignore it. > > > > Just giving the filename ISN'T sufficient, not if you want someone to > > volutarily check your port. It might happen, but it's not terribly > > likely. > > Okay, but where is the proper place to remind people to process > ports that have been sent in via send-pr? (and yes, it did have > a multiline description... :-) > Right here is a good place. Why don't yo do it now? > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------