From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 31 04:56:28 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83EE816A401 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6269613C448 for ; Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:56:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.9] (may be forged)) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2V4uRcj026844 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:56:28 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.7] (c-67-187-172-183.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.187.172.183]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l2V4uREC031129 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:56:27 -0700 Message-ID: <460DF7D5.3050600@u.washington.edu> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 21:55:33 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (Windows/20070221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <42b497160703302141u617afb24u1b9235bfcd909b45@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <42b497160703302141u617afb24u1b9235bfcd909b45@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.0.289146, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2007.3.30.214434 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: Ports maintainer or adopting a port X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:56:28 -0000 Kimi Ostro wrote: > Hello list > > Not sure if this is appropriate for this list, basically I am looking > to hear from past, current and future ports maintainers: > > is it fun? what are the requirements? (besides time) what does it mean > to you? do you recommend it? best way to get started? what do I need > to know about FreeBSD & Ports? > > I am looking at adopting a port or two and looking to gain more > insight, maybe someone that can do projects page for ports? which > holds a list of unmaintained ports?? Kimi, <2 cents>Like many things it's fulfilling to look at a hard day's (or a few minutes, hours, etc, the lesser of the bunch) and be satisfied at what you've accomplished, for this is a community effort and not a one-way street. (not meaning to sound hippy~ish, but..) Ideally everyone should help one another out and benefit the entire community as a whole. That's what this is designed for. You should subscribe to the ports@ list though. There's periodically a list of broken ports sent out, and inquiries about port maintainers, etc. Very similar to what you're looking into I believe. Cheers, -Garrett