Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:42:02 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: requesting 'QA' assistance Message-ID: <20080408154202.8ba77f81.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20804081229k1aa5580eva6bfb607d84c05d3@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20804081229k1aa5580eva6bfb607d84c05d3@mail.gmail.com>
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In response to "Jim Stapleton" <stapleton.41@gmail.com>: > I have something I'd like to add to ports eventually, but it isn't > read yet. I was wondering what the preferred method of requesting > users take a peek at it and tell me what they think/want. > > The actual software would go under ports-mgmt, and has the main > functionality intended. The actuall set of programs is called 'virtual > ports', and it allows a keyword and virtual directory indexing of the > ports tree. The goal is to allow people to play around with different > designs of the ports tree without having to change the system ports > tree - preventing breakage in programs, and giving both the users and > maintainers of the ports tree more flexibility in organization. > > Should I post the tbz file on my web server, and post a link on a > mailing list, or post the copied/pasted shar to the mailing list > (466kb, so I'm guessing /no/ to that one). > > Should I post here or to -ports? My opinion would be make a .tgz of the port directory and put it on a web/ftp server somewhere, then post a link to the ports mailing list asking folks to look at it and provide feedback. Yes, a 466K shar file posted to the mailing list is going to tick a lot of people off ;) -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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