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On 3/24/2013 18:40, Brian McKeon wrote:
> I have a need for py-qt to ultimately get to a native salome 6.5. I see
> it is not maintained presently, and am interested in taking ownership.
> I've been using FreeBSD for so long I figure I should start helping out
> where I can.
>
> I know the latest version of py-qt (4.10) builds against my current
> system, so I do not think it would be hard to get going considering the
> old version is about to expire.
>
> I do not know what I would need to do to become a maintainer but I
> figure this is the first step. I will read the docs more in depth
> though. Not sure if it would be possible to have an @freebsd.org email
> address, but that would be cool. I'd be interested in helping out other
> places of the organization too, but I'm not much of a coder. This is a
> skill I very much need to learn though.
>
> I've been using the system since 5.4 as my main OS, and have gotten good
> at making it work without much help. Love me some beastie, want to help
> make it keep going.
>
>
> Let me know if I can help.


Hi Brian,
I fixed py-qt a few days ago in DragonFly Ports.
The patches are here:
https://github.com/jrmarino/DeltaPorts/commit/7cf2d3f44950fa3929d9d1d9fb3d1fb9dc4edf8a

I guess I should submit a PR on it....

John