From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 21 05:14:40 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2169A106564A for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:14:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beech@freebsd.org) Received: from bsdevel.akherb.com (bsdevel.akherb.com [208.86.224.193]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA8678FC17 for ; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:14:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pinnacle.akherb.com (180-150-42-72.gci.net [72.42.150.180]) by bsdevel.akherb.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F14201972F8F; Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:57:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Beech Rintoul Organization: FreeBSD To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 19:57:16 -0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.1-STABLE; KDE/4.5.3; i386; ; ) References: <4CE7EC0D.9000203@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4CE7EC0D.9000203@a1poweruser.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart3621905.lbkGkVXBps"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha256 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201011201957.17324.beech@freebsd.org> Cc: Fbsd8 Subject: Re: becoming a port committor X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: beech@freebsd.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:14:40 -0000 --nextPart3621905.lbkGkVXBps Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Saturday 20 November 2010 06:41:01 Fbsd8 wrote: > I have a lot of free time now that I am retired. I see a large number of > ports in open status that have been waiting to be committed longer than > 30 days. A lot of these ports or the associated patches have problems or are in the= =20 wrong format. As for new ports, not all get committed for various reasons. =46eel free to correct any problems and resubmit. Read the "FreeBSD Porter'= s=20 Handbook" and "Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection". http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing- ports/index.html =20 > What is the procedure to become a ports committor? There is no hard and fast procedure. You must be invited, approved by portm= gr@=20 and undergo a period of mentorship. If approved, your mentor will decide wh= en=20 you're ready to commit on your own. Here are some guidelines: Contribute approx. 50 pr's with patches that are consistently coded and pro= ve=20 to work (and in the right format) no shar files please. Make your presence known on #bsdports and answer questions correctly. Have the ability to take (and act on) constructive criticism from senior=20 maintainers, committors and portmgr. Understand and follow FreeBSD guidelines and procedures. Above all, be an asset and get along well with others in the project. If you do all of this you will be noticed and a mentor will likely contact= =20 you. Good Luck, Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - FreeBSD Developer - beech@FreeBSD.org /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | FreeBSD Since 4.x \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | http://people.freebsd.org/~beech X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Skype: akbeech / \ - http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/8.0R/announce.html =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart3621905.lbkGkVXBps Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iF4EABEIAAYFAkzopq0ACgkQQLNZXRF1OntPQwD/e9P3w/AYUboW2HCofAR/h7TO X+pJNNkd/UHhdyhmBpcA/2b2TaBiNgEPLQgvLi0DhJvZoPI86pWimeB78e71tbrU =Vxbv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3621905.lbkGkVXBps--