From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 28 09:36:23 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 DCA5916A656 for ; Sun, 28 May 2006 09:17:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nivo+sender+0820bd@yuckfou.org) Received: from ssdd.xs4all.nl (ssdd.xs4all.nl [195.64.89.117]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E50D43D46 for ; Sun, 28 May 2006 09:17:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nivo+sender+0820bd@yuckfou.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by imhotep.yuckfou.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 089AAD8 for ; Sun, 28 May 2006 11:19:19 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at is-root.com X-Spam-Score: -4.399 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.399 tagged_above=-999 required=6.31 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1.8, BAYES_00=-2.599] Received: from ssdd.xs4all.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (imhotep.is-root.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id bSnyzeilLjzS for ; Sun, 28 May 2006 11:19:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: by imhotep.yuckfou.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9215AA9; Sun, 28 May 2006 11:19:12 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.2.239] (turbata-xp.is-root.com [192.168.2.239]) by localhost.yuckfou.org (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sun, 28 May 2006 11:19:10 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <44796AFE.4080709@yuckfou.org> Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 11:18:54 +0200 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.2 (Windows/20060308) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <20060524233036.GA91627@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20060524233036.GA91627@xor.obsecurity.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: id=AD3A5AAD; url=http://www.is-root.com/nv.pgp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Nils Vogels X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.0.3 (Seattle Slew) X-TMDA-Fingerprint: dXdhuSEC/Xt5X9fmhh0P8kAih1g Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] Volunteers needed to help maintain ports X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Nils Vogels List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 09:36:40 -0000 Kris Kennaway wrote on 25-05-2006 1:30: > Many of you no doubt make use of the FreeBSD Ports Collection for > installing and managing third-party software. What you may not know > is that a lot of the ports in the Ports Collection have no assigned > maintainer. Unmaintained ports tend to lag behind the rest of the > Ports Collection in the speed of updates to new versions, and in the > overall quality of the port. With nearly 15000 third-party > applications in the Ports Collection, and dozens more added every week, > there is an ever-present need for more volunteers to assist in > maintaining ports. > > [snip] > > Maintaining a port or two is a great way to contribute to the FreeBSD > project! > I've been considering picking up a port or two, and this mail seems to be just the push I needed :) I am interested in a few ports, one of them security/ca-roots, however the discussion earlier on this list suggests security@ should take care of this port. Is a maintainer still needed for this port, or will the security team pick this one up ? Greetings, Nils