Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:10:34 -0600 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: "patrick@spacesurfer.com" <patrick@spacesurfer.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: afbackup port Message-ID: <790a9fff0511170810ua5f4070u2f272b313fa8c86@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051117141457.D4A5D9F8937@ws7.spacesurfer.com> References: <20051117141457.D4A5D9F8937@ws7.spacesurfer.com>
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On 11/17/05, patrick@spacesurfer.com <patrick@spacesurfer.com> wrote: > Hello, > > The afbackup port has been stagnating for some time now and have asked to > have patches uploaded a couple of times. I was told this had been done bu= t > it is still not done. > The current listed maintainer has informed me that they are no longer > interested in maintaining the port. > Furthermore, the current port is broken to an extent that it does not wor= k > with our linux afbackup clients. I have a fully functional port to versio= n > 3.3.7 ready to upload. I have been using this modified port on FreeBSD 4.= 10, > 4.11, 5.3 and 5.4 without problems for over a year. > How do I proceed to remove the current maintainer and upload changes? > Change the MAINTAINER line in your updated port, then make a diff between the current port and your updated port. Now use send-pr to send a problem report to GNATS with your patch to the port. In the PR indicate that the current maintainer is no-longer interested, and that you wish to take over maintainership. Also add the current maintainer as a CC in the PR, so that they can verify that you can take over the maintainership. Scot -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
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