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From: Chris Rees <crees@FreeBSD.org>
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On 14 October 2012 06:45, Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote:
> My company is the original author devel/thistest and we have removed
> the need for the web based download (thus making it buildable)... the
> original maintainer (not us) is long gone and we want to re-release
> the code under a license that allows complete distribution freedom...
> I personally am also the maintainer of devel/aegis and devel/tailor
> but for trivial modifications when taking the port over I have never
> really worked with the port system and need advice on how to make a
> port from scratch

How did you get on with this?

Chris