From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 23 03:50:16 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61E13106566B for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:50:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.156]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3AC78FC16 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:50:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from swhetzel@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 16so1906052fgg.35 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:50:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=xiMZCnjOzjEJV+fIXu0IWWbsJPQ6ylCqDO+cLV2fZbw=; b=hZz3HXI9j1atEacO75ElDciQZHhuXNJ1mbz0vJxXaDLHftdsMT3Ypl/XFeA56LT6Xs+RlM0FQlTEmi0zjD1nuW0FVRXVJlUGZUsmf21ki0ARRHyTXcsHykrfXp+02CiRcpPbH+bK7DC0IXeA7Bao04TbQ0XNTNlvFgoDjwRkdPU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=Uu49H3A2H1HF8YkUTXPfcpdh5NDfAw1ObYvdteg2opJ+JcbmkRa72aqSWs0Q5f7RX3w7h6xQsqPPuH0Hko4nFf49Hzqda55Hh1i/v3TWH/LVzVdsKr0WMDKR9ZwfCephdKSuU3P3+XEZS6UqiFFq3nvimzrCbWlvLt/lMwMz7Yw= Received: by 10.86.66.19 with SMTP id o19mr3257697fga.46.1206244214283; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:50:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.86.95.7 with HTTP; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:50:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <790a9fff0803222050l13453affqc2d58126931a6645@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:50:14 -0500 From: "Scot Hetzel" To: GP In-Reply-To: <001c01c88c76$68c80e30$6300000a@pi> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200803222005.m2MK5897045245@freefall.freebsd.org> <001c01c88c76$68c80e30$6300000a@pi> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting a port accepted? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:50:16 -0000 On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 6:42 PM, GP 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