Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:27:52 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about maintainers Message-ID: <1AC3A4AE305620CB1D20E64C@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <200507281709.23125.lofi@freebsd.org> References: <C3B81AFDB8A5DFB5AB566CC4@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <F0C49818CB92DCFE4024C0D6@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <8C64A123AF5094DE468F863D@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <200507281709.23125.lofi@freebsd.org>
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--On Thursday, July 28, 2005 17:09:19 +0200 Michael Nottebrock <lofi@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thursday, 28. July 2005 16:43, Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> OK. I see that tcl (83,84), itcl, itk and iwidgets are all without >> maintainers. Does that mean the ports are maintained by freebsd folks? >> Or not maintained at all? > > Not maintained at all. This is the charme of tcl/tk at work here, the > black magic that it is makes nobody want to make a commitment to the > stuff. :-) > > In the past, every once in a while somebody has submitted/committed an > update here or there, but nobody ever picked up maintainership. You can > check out who submitted/committed what in FreeBSD's cvsweb. > > However, tcl83/84, itk, itcl and iwidgets are a pretty broad base. You > might want to get a clearer idea first where the problem is located > before you go sending out questions to people. > Well, I *solved* my problem. I used SUB_FILES and SUB_LIST to change the exec line in the script from "exec wish" to "exec tclsh8.4". I'm fiddling around with the iwidgets port now to see if I want to maintain it. Tcl looks a bit too complicated for me right now, but maybe later. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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