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[76.182.104.150]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dz9sm14443019vdc.4.2013.03.24.05.53.50 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 24 Mar 2013 05:53:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scorpio (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: jerry@seibercom.net) by scorpio.seibercom.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3ZYdp52t3fz2CG5T for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:53:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:53:48 -0400 From: Jerry To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating curl Message-ID: <20130324085348.2fe3a8c1@scorpio> In-Reply-To: <514EED31.7070108@gmx.de> References: <20130323213126.59789466@scorpio> <20814.24592.288492.914792@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20130324070452.176c84ce@scorpio> <514EED31.7070108@gmx.de> Organization: seibercom.net X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.0 (GTK+ 2.24.17; amd64-portbld-freebsd8.3) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkEYX71/8yx4UADGInB6UnJvsGLq8C8GlPiSBKjZ/cSKbl5QGMS09vWb0mLpGXZkd5Yr+/q X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:53:57 -0000 On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 13:10:25 +0100 olli hauer articulated: [snip} > Just a quick question. > How many ports do you maintain? Three, very simple ports. > I have to ask this question because it looks like you are always > coming up with the same copy pasted text snippets (do you have them > as text blocks in vim or emacs?) I have never created a boilerplate if that is what you are referring to. > If you are willing to do the maintenance of an actual curl port please > come up with an patch and request maintainer ship. I am actually thinking about updating curl on my system and no I would not release it since I am (1) not the maintain of said port, and (2) I don't have the time to actively maintain it. Which brings us back to my original statement, that being that if the current maintainer is not going to properly maintain the port than they should publicly state that fact which would allow another individual with sufficient time and skill to do so. If you remember a few months ago, there was a discussion as to why "Bash" lingered on for months, actually a year, with numerous patches being issued by the Bash author yet never being included in the port's system. Finally, another user created a "devel" port. Perhaps that is the proper way to handle this problem. "Postfix", probably the best maintained port in the entire system. has both a "stable" release and a "current" release in the ports system. I will agree that "sahil@FreeBSD.org" is probably an over achiever, but it is an example of what can be accomplished, and in virtual real time no less, when someone dedicates themselves to a task. -- Jerry ♔ Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________