Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 13:37:56 -0500 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: "FreeBSD-Ports" <FreeBSD-Ports@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ports/4878: Could somebody please add it to the Ports Collection? Message-ID: <022801bd8a67$bbc8b740$c3e0d9cf@admin.westbend.net>
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From: Matthew Hunt <mph@pobox.com> >On Thu, May 28, 1998 at 12:46:30PM -0500, Scot W. Hetzel wrote: > >> Just wondering when the apache-FrontPage port will be added to the ports >> collection. > >"When somebody feels like it." > >I suspect that the main problem is that most of us committers are not >in a position to test it, not having Windows machines to do FP stuff >from to verify minimal functionality. > Not having a windows machine to test the functionality of the port is a set back to getting it commited to the collection. But I have had several third parties testing the port out, to ensure that it is functional. Even one of the coreteam members ( Poul-Henning Kamp ), checked the port and helped provide a few patches for the port. >Despite that, I had some free time a week or two ago and figured I'd >just make sure it built, installed, packaged, and deinstalled, and >assume that the actual functionality was correct since people seem to be >using it. :-) However, ftp.microsoft.com decided that I was undeserving, >and just stopped sending me data midway through the transfer. I've >been devoting my attention to other ports instead since then. > Thanks for the effort to try to test it out. Scot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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