From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 04:27:07 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 9627E106564A for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 04:27:07 +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 45CA28FC13 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 04:27:06 +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 2450F5C21 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2012 14:39:34 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <4F0525CB.5090200@herveybayaustralia.com.au> Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:23:39 +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> <4F0508FD.90204@herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20120105031955.GA22841@hemlock.hydra> <4F052357.2020400@unfs.us> In-Reply-To: <4F052357.2020400@unfs.us> 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 04:27:07 -0000 On 01/05/12 14:13, Janketh Jay wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi guys! > > On 01/04/2012 08:19 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 12:20:45PM +1000, Da Rock wrote: >>> On 01/05/12 12:11, Chad Perrin wrote: >>>> 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? >> Ask on this list, I guess. >> >> Hey -- does anyone (qualified) want to mentor Da Rock as a port >> maintainer? >> > As much as I hate to toss Chris Rees "under the bus" on this, he's > be EXTREMELY helpful to me when creating ports that have small hiccups > like this. He's very knowledgeable. While he might be a bit too busy to > be a "mentor", I'm sure he wouldn't have a problem pointing you in the > right direction(s) if you have questions about ports. He'll most likely > reply to this with what he thinks about it... > > Other than that, I can always help out as much as I can with > questions if you want to email me directly about your port. I know the > ins-and-outs about porting and I'd be more than happy to lend a hand. > > Regards, > Janky Jay, III Thanks Jay.