Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 16:55:06 -0700 From: Darren Wiebe <dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca> To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: How long should new ports take to appear? Message-ID: <382A05DA.B975972B@heartland.ab.ca> References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D6E@site2s1>
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Okay, thanks. I will patiently wait and see if the gnats database gets it. After that I guess, we will have to see how it goes. Darren Wiebe dkwiebe@hagenhomes.com Christopher Michaels wrote: > > Darren, > Are you asking... > 1. How long does the new port submission to appear in the gnats database? > or... > 2. How long does it take for a port to be committed to the ports collection? > > If it's #1, it doesn't usually take that long. When I submitted my port and > corrections to it, I got the confirmation e-mails in a fairly short period > of time. > > If it's #2, that is totally relative. You'll have to wait for some > benevolent committer, to see your submission, test it, and IF there are no > problems with it, to commit it. This could take a day, it could take > months. I think it depends on the priority of the submission and the > general level of interest in the given port. > > When I submitted my port, it actually took a good month before someone was > able to look it over and commit it. > > -Chris > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Darren Wiebe [SMTP:dkwiebe@heartland.ab.ca] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 6:30 PM > > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > Subject: How long should new ports take to appear? > > > > I've submitted a new port for staroffice using send-pr. I did it about > > 3 hours ago. I have not seen it come up on ports yet. How long should > > it take before the message comes across?? > > > > Darren Wiebe > > dkwiebe@hagenhomes.com > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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