Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 18:17:51 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: James Shrenk <di0nys0s@earthlink.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, astralblue@usa.net Subject: Re: updating TiK port Message-ID: <39537F9F.DE3672ED@FreeBSD.org> References: <381619956.961771570700.JavaMail.root@web624-wrb.mail.com>
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James Shrenk wrote: > Dear ports maintainers, > > I have recently started working on updating the version of TiK currently > included in the ports collection (0.59) to the most recent version currently > available (0.87 http://tik.sourceforge.net ). I do have some questions > before I submit the changes in full to the ports collection both from a > technical standpoint and related to etiquette: > > 1. I made an attempt approximately 2 weeks ago to get in touch with the > original port maintainer (and I am cc'ing this to him now). So far I've had > no contact one way or the other. I do have a long term interest in > maintaining this port for FreeBSD as long as it is still being developed in > the *nix community. As a matter of politeness I still wish to credit > astralblue@usa.net for his original work as I've used a great deal of it in > updating the port. That said, it is simply a matter of who to credit the > updated makefile to, myself or the both of us? Also, if I continue to not > hear any word from the original maintainer, is there any sort of informal or > formal process that I should go through in order to take over the > maintenance of this port? Hmm, from the quick glance at a cvs history for the port in question it appears that MAINTAINER did not submitted any upgrades since early 1999 (http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/net/tik/Makefile). Given that fact and his unresponsiveness to your requests I think we could assign this port to you, as long as you have good will to maintain it. > 2. On the technical side of things, I recall seeing something in the > porter's handbook about making sure to explicitly state any change in the > files present for the benefit of cvsup. I am presuming that this does not > include any files contained in the distfile itself, but I am wondering what > it does include. Perhaps I can simplify the question by adding that the > current version of tik includes one *less* file in the port directory > itself. How does this relate to the PLIST? This only relates to the contents of the port directory i.e. if you have reduced/increased number of patches, deleted/added some files in tix/pkg, tix/files etc. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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