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Date:      Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:52:00 -0500
From:      Frank Laszlo <laszlof@vonostingroup.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, _-_ Daniel _-_ <nefar@hotmail.com>
Subject:   Re: sabnzbd port missing
Message-ID:  <441C9D20.7010909@vonostingroup.com>
In-Reply-To: <441BC9DA.7090408@mkproductions.org>
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Mark Kane wrote:
> _-_ Daniel _-_ wrote:
>>
>>> Daniel wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've noticed there is no port for sabnzbd 
>>>> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbd/).
>>>>
>>>> What's involved in becoming a port maintainer? I would like to see 
>>>> a port for this, but if
>>>> no one else is willing to do it, I can possibly do it. Please let 
>>>> me know how to go about this, and what
>>>> the requirements are.
>>>>
>>>> -d
>>>
>>> I'd say the easiest way is to read through the Porter's Handbook. 
>>> It's a very detailed guide on how to port applications to FreeBSD.
>>>
>>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/
>>>
>>> If it was me, I'd read through that and port it myself. You will 
>>> learn how to do it and also feel good for contributing to FreeBSD. :)
>>>
>>> -Mark
>>
>>
>> I've created two ports. py-utils (WWW: 
>> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/pythonutils.html)
>> and SABnzbd (WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbd)
>>
>> what's the procedure at this point to get them submitted? (I couldn't 
>> find anything in the handbook which talked about that)
>>
>> -d
>
> How to submit the port is documented in section 3.6 of:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/
>
> Be sure to test them several times before submitting though by 
> following the steps in section 3.4.
>
> -Mark
>
portlint is helpful for this task (see devel/portlint)

-Frank



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