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Date:      Sun, 30 Dec 2001 00:42:14 -0600 (CST)
From:      Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com>
To:        Muhannad Asfour <muhannad07@cogeco.ca>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Port maintainer
Message-ID:  <20011230003840.R46948-100000@catalyst.sasknow.net>
In-Reply-To: <20011229231906.30935ff3.muhannad07@cogeco.ca>

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Muhannad Asfour wrote to freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG:

> Just wondering how I can become a port mainter for a specific port
> so I can update it.  If anyone has any tips or anything I'd
> appreciate it.

If the port doesn't currently have a maintainer (i.e., the current
maintainer is ports@FreeBSD.org), submit a PR with a patch to change
the maintainer (and you'll probably make a committer happy if you also
include the patch to upgrade the port ;-)

You don't necessarily have to be the port maintainer to submit a
patch. You can just submit the PR containing the patch, and have the
current maintainer approve it... Probably best is to work something
out with the current maintainer beforehand, if there is one... maybe
he/she is working on an upgrade already, or has a good reason NOT to
upgrade the port.

Read the porter's handbook for more information. I think this is all
pretty much documented somewhere.

- Ryan


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