From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 31 11:35:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 877B516A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:35:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from wrongcrowd.com (dsl231-036-178.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.231.36.178]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36BEC43D2F for ; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:35:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from matt@wrongcrowd.com) Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=wrongcrowd.com ident=nobody) by wrongcrowd.com with smtp (Exim 4.20) id 1Abm7P-0008AZ-W7 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:34:59 -0800 Received: from 207.46.125.17 (SquirrelMail authenticated user matt) by wrongcrowd.com with HTTP; Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:34:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <6060.207.46.125.17.1072899299.squirrel@wrongcrowd.com> In-Reply-To: <20031231013942.3E6B216A4D8@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20031231013942.3E6B216A4D8@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 11:34:59 -0800 (PST) From: "Matt Staroscik" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1Abm7P-0008AZ-W7*9lm32ZwXo.E* Subject: Broken, orphaned port: how can I help? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: matt@wrongcrowd.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2003 19:35:30 -0000 Yesterday I tried installing a port and found that it was broken though not marked as such. The problems were simple -- simple enough that *I* got it working! -- and I emailed the listed port maintainer with what I have found. Now, I haven't heard back, but I am not jumping to conclusions because of the holidays. But out of curiosity, if the port is in fact orphaned, what happens? Who is the next person to contact? I have been using FreeBSD for a while but I really don't have a good grasp of the "big picture." I want to be a good citizen though. :) Comments? -- matt@wrongcrowd.com