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Date:      Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:37:31 -0400
From:      Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu>
Cc:        Haroon Khalid <i.am.scuzzo@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: getting a game into the ports collection
Message-ID:  <20081006183731.GD63532@atarininja.org>
In-Reply-To: <48EA45F8.4070301@math.missouri.edu>
References:  <d43b6cd80810060917s76ee9907k41570cbce76983f2@mail.gmail.com> <48EA45F8.4070301@math.missouri.edu>

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On Mon, Oct 06, 2008 at 12:08:08PM -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> Haroon Khalid wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I am working on a game which uses Ruby,Rubygame and SDL. If this game was a
> > good demonstration of these applications and many people like it, how would
> > I go about getting information on if its possible to include this game in
> > the ports collection? Thanks
> 
> If you make it into a port, and the port works, and then you submit it, 
> I think you can pretty much guarantee that it will be accepted.

The details of the process outlined above are well documented.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/index.html

If this doesn't cover something then you can likely find the answer in
/usr/ports/Mk/*.

-- WXS



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