From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 2 06:31:19 2003 Return-Path: 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 95C2E16A4CE for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:31:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from cultdeadsheep.org (charon.cultdeadsheep.org [80.65.226.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAAA643FCB for ; Tue, 2 Dec 2003 06:31:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org) Received: (qmail 96279 invoked by uid 85); 2 Dec 2003 15:31:10 +0100 Received: from sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org by goofy.cultdeadsheep.org by uid 82 with qmail-scanner-1.20rc2 ( Clear:RC:1:. Processed in 0.203534 secs); 02 Dec 2003 14:31:10 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO persephone.cultdeadsheep.org) (192.168.0.8) by goofy.cultdeadsheep.org with SMTP; 2 Dec 2003 15:31:08 +0100 Received: (qmail 68513 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2003 15:30:57 +0100 Received: from unknown (HELO lucifer.cultdeadsheep.org) (192.168.0.2) by persephone.cultdeadsheep.org with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 2 Dec 2003 15:30:57 +0100 Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 15:32:10 +0100 From: Clement Laforet To: Vincent Tantardini Message-Id: <20031202153210.250e5ac7.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> In-Reply-To: <20031202130020.GA34672@sativa.0x45.org> References: <20031202130020.GA34672@sativa.0x45.org> Organization: tH3 cUlt 0f tH3 d3@d sH33p X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Want to create/maintain a port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2003 14:31:19 -0000 On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 14:00:20 +0100 Vincent Tantardini wrote: > Hello, > I'm actually looking for a port to create/maintain, but there are not > a lot interesting as I see because for a lot of them, they are still > created. If any of you know something which need to be ported please, > mail me. > ( I haven't subscribe to this mailing list, so please, answer back > to my email) 1. Adopt/fix/clean/update "orphaned ports" Have a look at misc, audio and sysutils categeories, people who "seek" orphaned ports generally don't look here too often. Track bento.freebsd.org logs. 2. don't be scared to take over maintainership even if you don't modify the port 3. Track freshmeat :) 4. Be selective in your ports. 5. subscribe to mailing list at least: - ports@FreeBSD.org - ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org gnome@ kde@ if you wish. Dont forget to check this URL before submitting changes. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi?query 6. start with small ports - try to understand how/why it works/doesn't work - after that your can easly make huge ports Give a look at ${PORTSDIR}/Mk/bsd.*.mk Ports I would like too see (i.e. I planned/done) - POPular - xmail - more NSS modules and more... If you are interested in apache ports: (a little bit outdated) http://apache.cotds.org/cgi-bin/show-modules.cgi (I've already made some of them) You can easily port: - apache modules - perl/python modules - misc desklets and multimedia apps - webapps (just if they are usefull and/or complex) clem