From owner-freebsd-java Mon Oct 14 1:56:45 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9978A37B401 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 01:56:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.168.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCB1843EB1 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 01:56:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id g9E8uivK050665 for ; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:56:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g9E8uiKo050664 for java@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:56:44 +0200 (CEST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Ernst de Haan To: java@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD/Java ports: Request for help Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:56:44 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 X-Address: Muiderstraat 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200210141056.44461.znerd@FreeBSD.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org All, I find it very hard to keep up with the requests for updating Java-related ports and improving Java support in the ports system. I find that a lot of improvements take a long time to materialize. Take for example the mod_webapp port, or the long-awaited directory location standardization, or the highly-anticipated improved support for Ant (using USE_ANT or so). I hereby request the freebsd-java community for help with the FreeBSD Ports. Your support is needed! I propose we organize the process of handling FreeBSD/Java ports suggestions and improvements in an improved and more efficient way. Instead of submitters submitting PRs and committers doing the analyzation and all the work of testing and committing, the freebsd-java community takes responsibility for testing and improving PRs. When the freebsd-java community is confident that something (like the Ant support) should go into a certain direction, then in most of the cases, I will just follow this and do the necessary work to actually commit the suggested changes to the ports system. So if you want to help, then review some Java-related PRs and submit your comments, approval, etc. If you want something to happen, then make sure you get other freebsd-java people to review and test your PR's. Starting point: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?category=java During the past few days I've been adding PR's for things that I had in mind for a while already but had not put in the PR database. We need one single point of information to make sure that we stay in sync. I believe that we can make Java support really take off on FreeBSD if we join forces! Ernst -- Ernst de Haan Development Team Leader Wanadoo Nederland B.V. "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message