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Date:      Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:50:14 -0500
From:      "Scot Hetzel" <swhetzel@gmail.com>
To:        GP <godpost@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Getting a port accepted?
Message-ID:  <790a9fff0803222050l13453affqc2d58126931a6645@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <001c01c88c76$68c80e30$6300000a@pi>
References:  <200803222005.m2MK5897045245@freefall.freebsd.org> <001c01c88c76$68c80e30$6300000a@pi>

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On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 6:42 PM, GP <godpost@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been stupid. I'v braged about FreeBSD and the software being almost
> up do date. That was my mistake!
> I volunteered to port a simple application and submitted it the 14 of
> January. And its still opened and unassigned. On further investigation I see
> that its not only my application.
>
> What is wrong with the port management? Are the rules to strict to encourage
> new porters or are there temporary problems?
>

There is nothing wrong, its just that when you submitted your port on
1/14, we were in the middle of a Ports Freeze in preparation for the
release of  FreeBSD 6.3 and 7.0, which delayed the commiting of
updates and new ports until after 7.0 was released.

FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE Announcement
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:00:11 -0500

FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE Announcement
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:19:52 -0500

> What can I do to get my application accepted?
> (problem report: 119672)
>
1. Watching the ports lists for announcements of a Ports Freeze

2. Sending a polite reminder message to the FreeBSD-Ports list after 2
- 3 wks has passed since submitting the PR.

Scot



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