From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Tue Jan 28 15:48:38 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB9982310A5 for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:48:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from kicp.uchicago.edu (kicp.uchicago.edu [128.135.20.70]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 486WHT6VXHz47QY for ; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:48:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu) Received: from [IPv6:2607:fb90:2a3:9958:b5bf:75cc:7075:7a8e] (unknown [172.58.139.71]) (Authenticated sender: galtsev) by kicp.uchicago.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D7B1C4E685; Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:48:36 -0600 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 13.0 \(3608.40.2.2.4\)) Subject: Re: Why is rufus not available under FreeBSD ? From: Valeri Galtsev In-Reply-To: <20200128154341.GA42193@neutralgood.org> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 09:48:35 -0600 Cc: Manish Jain , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <1DA55E3A-C83F-41E5-951F-5B40766F0E8C@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <20200128154341.GA42193@neutralgood.org> To: "Kevin P. Neal" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3608.40.2.2.4) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 486WHT6VXHz47QY X-Spamd-Bar: ++ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=fail reason="No valid SPF, No valid DKIM" header.from=uchicago.edu (policy=none); spf=none (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu has no SPF policy when checking 128.135.20.70) smtp.mailfrom=galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.54 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; TO_DN_EQ_ADDR_SOME(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_SOFTFAIL(0.10)[uchicago.edu : No valid SPF, No valid DKIM,none]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_SOME(0.00)[]; MV_CASE(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.32)[0.321,0]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[71.139.58.172.khpj7ygk5idzvmvt5x4ziurxhy.zen.dq.spamhaus.net : 127.0.0.10]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(0.15)[ip: (0.41), ipnet: 128.135.0.0/16(0.20), asn: 160(0.16), country: US(-0.05)]; NEURAL_SPAM_LONG(0.48)[0.477,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[70.20.135.128.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.10.0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_NO_TLS_LAST(0.10)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:160, ipnet:128.135.0.0/16, country:US]; FREEMAIL_CC(0.00)[hotmail.com]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:48:39 -0000 > On Jan 28, 2020, at 9:43 AM, Kevin P. Neal = wrote: >=20 > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 03:37:50PM +0000, Manish Jain wrote: >> I was wondering why Rufus is not available under FreeBSD. I think it = is=20 >> one of the most useful applications I have ever come across. >=20 > I kinda hate to say it, but I'm going to go with "because nobody has = stepped > up to do the work" as the reason. That's my guess. It could be done by > anyone with motivation and sufficient skill and then submitted as a = bug > report to be added to the ports tree. >=20 I was going to give two versions of answer. One is polite one as Kevin = gave. The other one is rude one (note, that that answer was supposed to = be addressed to OP, not to Kevin): because YOU, Manish, didn=E2=80=99t take burden of porting and = maintaining it as a package for FreeBSD. Valeri > --=20 > Kevin P. Neal = http://www.pobox.com/~kpn/ >=20 > "What is mathematics? The age-old answer is, of course, that = mathematics > is what mathematicians do." - Donald Knuth > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to = "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++