Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:21:19 -0500 From: Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org> To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>, "Gary Jennejohn \(Home\)" <gljennjohn@googlemail.com>, rene@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: www/chromium MAINTAINER, was Re: chromium producing constant hdd access Message-ID: <20110118132119.GA34647@rex.goodking.ca> In-Reply-To: <201101181214.p0ICDJE4011393@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <20110118004850.GB17292@lonesome.com> <201101181214.p0ICDJE4011393@fire.js.berklix.net>
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--a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 01:13:19PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi, > Reference: > > From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>=20 > > Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:48:50 +0000=20 > > Message-id: <20110118004850.GB17292@lonesome.com>=20 >=20 > Mark Linimon wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 08:12:40PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > rene@ has ignored request to roll back. If rene@ resigns, > > > MAINTAINER would revert to ports@freebsd.org so others could fix > > > FreeBSD's current ports/www/chromium > >=20 > > Because of the legal questions surrounding chromium, >=20 > I know nothing of that. Just that a month ago it compiled, now it won't. >=20 > > portmgr will ensure > > that it does not revert to ports@ :-) > > mcl >=20 > So how about: > Revert to something that will compile, with no MAINTAINER. > Or delete port ? > A port that=20 > - wont build,=20 > - the maintainer won't fix,=20 > - has security issues,=20 > - is legaly problematic > - ports@ is scared of inheriting > - that we can't fix by adding a _DEPENDS etc > seems a waste of time & name space, >=20 > Cheers, > Julian <snip> I suggest you subscribe to http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chromium, and make make your intentions known about what you can do to assist in getting a more current version of Chromium tested, built and updated in ports. Porting a browser as complex as Chromium is a lot of work, takes a lot of time, and requires a lot of attention to detail. A small group of us has been assisting Rene for a while now, and we have decided it is now time to grow a FreeBSD Chromium Community. Within this community we are hoping to find testers, coders, helpers, coders, people with a general interest in Chromium, and did I mention coders? So please subscribe, make your inquiries, and as people come on board, we will be able to do more to spread the word about Chromium for FreeBSD. Thomas --=20 Thomas Abthorpe | FreeBSD Committer tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org | http://people.freebsd.org/~tabthorpe --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNNZPOAAoJENk3EJekc8mQ5XgH/1VwI/ikryS4Z5As4vqkCSiC ed7PZ5xhTXP/X1s9oNipeBHWkrFRXHadIwyvPozXuk7/qnsnUCg3rfj7vnmdNehL ld/yfkuArZNi1q7sdNz47N1HHhwGzXRs38pN9VphQ2Id6woZGFxIZII0eSpRr1Xq U78Rn4DG8GamWfVoEd9GdiI+QdWTu127FCWl7cLdJgjxR8kgcWkI7cmFLgPDnubX 7TxuV2utuN8OwVtUI/XLMqprEQswen46Rw7s0CtsZJcLVtkoyNv1KM0bO2ESpOA4 mCCLpjClVD2UBo4HSc9bTj7h6L4Mk2ngn6dKfxhGuwJndM5jm4VZPKuOK7lqLS4= =OP6/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C--
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