Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:30:49 -0400 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Jim Stapleton <stapleton.41@gmail.com> Cc: kip.macy@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Alexander Ryba <ryba@sylow.cs.qc.cuny.edu>, Ondrej Fischer <ondrej.fischer@gmail.com> Subject: Re: requesting 'QA' assistance Message-ID: <47FC2A59.9030208@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20804081229k1aa5580eva6bfb607d84c05d3@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20804081229k1aa5580eva6bfb607d84c05d3@mail.gmail.com>
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Jim Stapleton wrote: > 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. > Normally I would agree with everyone that says to ask on -ports@ but this fits extremely well with what is generally refered to as ports 2.0 (different names are used by different members of the loose community working on it, I have CC'ed everyone else so you know who they are). > 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. > I don't know if this fits 100% what Ale calls virtual ports (see http://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsToDo) but it very close to the image I have for them (we need to know more details of course). I am going to forward you some stuff so you can have a better idea of where the ports 2.0 are heading. Also keep in mind that at the very least I will likely want to look at your stuff in extreme detail because something like this is a natural extension of the SoC project I am awaiting approval on. > 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? > There are some historical/political reasons why you should have a small group look at it before you post the code to -ports@ (see the references I am sending you) > Thanks, > -Jim Stapleton > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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