From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 02:24:12 2012 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 B74F9106566B for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 02:24:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-ports@herveybayaustralia.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (mail.unitedinsong.com.au [150.101.178.33]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DE618FC08 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 02:24:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au (laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au [192.168.0.179]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 161485C21 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 12:36:40 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F0508FD.90204@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:20:45 +1000 From: Da Rock User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:7.0.1) Gecko/20111109 Thunderbird/7.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <4F0446B7.4090703@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120104221004.00002685@unknown> <4F04F1E9.8050905@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120105021125.GB21272@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20120105021125.GB21272@hemlock.hydra> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: linux-f10-nss_ldap: my first port - be gentle :) 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: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 02:24:12 -0000 On 01/05/12 12:11, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 10:42:17AM +1000, Da Rock wrote: >> On 01/05/12 07:10, Alexander Leidinger wrote: >>> This should be you (if you're willing to maintain the port). >> You keep dropping hints like this all the time Alex :) >> >> Honestly, though, I'm not sure whats involved or whether I'm capable >> of handling the responsibility. This one is not likely to change too >> much over time, but my skills are probably wanting. > The best way to learn, I think, is to get yourself a mentor and jump in. > That's how I'm doing it (and yeah, that means I'm not the right person to > mentor you). Thats what I'm looking for, alright. I've been looking for a few years now. Any suggestions?