From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 13 04:41:05 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-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 1FAF316A416 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 04:41:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from zoot.lafn.org (zoot.lafn.ORG [206.117.18.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C66F43D72 for ; Sat, 13 May 2006 04:40:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) Received: from [10.0.1.5] (pool-71-109-244-179.lsanca.dsl-w.verizon.net [71.109.244.179]) (authenticated bits=0) by zoot.lafn.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k4D4etdP055597 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Fri, 12 May 2006 21:40:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bc979@lafn.org) In-Reply-To: <20060513042230.GA2204@picobyte.net> References: <20060513022617.GC960@picobyte.net> <3CDD7B72-34FC-45C2-828F-2F9F9C9FCD0F@lafn.org> <20060513042230.GA2204@picobyte.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Doug Hardie Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 21:41:08 -0700 To: Shaun Amott X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.88/1461/Fri May 12 14:19:37 2006 on zoot.lafn.org X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: qpopper 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, 13 May 2006 04:41:06 -0000 On May 12, 2006, at 21:22, Shaun Amott wrote: > On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 09:03:04PM -0700, Doug Hardie wrote: >> >>> The port is assigned to the default ports@ address (pointed at this >>> list), so it is currently not maintained. >> >> Interesting as that is not identified on the qualcomm web pages. I >> saw a reference to 4.1.0 and went digging through the qualcomm ftp >> site. Found 4.1a2 in the beta directory. Its dated last summer. >> It does have the code for the homedir issues in it. 4.0.9 did not. >> What is the status of the port going to be with no one assigned to >> it? >> > > The port is unlikely to get updated, unless someone notices it and > decides to look into it. > > If you feel you could take responsibility for the port, then feel free > to submit a patch and offer to maintain it. In this case, you'll > want to > have a read of the Porter's Handbook first (easily found on Google). I will look through the Porter's Handbood again. Didn't understand it on quick read a few weeks ago. Is this the right place to ask about the porting process?