From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 18 23:52:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1546116A401 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:52:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: from ritamari.vonostingroup.com (ritamari.vonostingroup.com [216.144.193.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC77643D46 for ; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:52:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from laszlof@vonostingroup.com) Received: from adsl-68-72-248-38.dsl.sfldmi.ameritech.net ([68.72.248.38] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by ritamari.vonostingroup.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FKlEH-0000nW-2e; Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:53:05 -0500 Message-ID: <441C9D20.7010909@vonostingroup.com> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:52:00 -0500 From: Frank Laszlo User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4417047C.1020303@mkproductions.org> <441BC9DA.7090408@mkproductions.org> In-Reply-To: <441BC9DA.7090408@mkproductions.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ritamari.vonostingroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - vonostingroup.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: ports@freebsd.org, _-_ Daniel _-_ Subject: Re: sabnzbd port missing X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 23:52:07 -0000 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