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From: Simon Barner <barner@in.tum.de>
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Massimiliano Stucchi wrote:
> On 140904, 14:32, Esaltato wrote:
> > DISCLAIMER: absolutely no pressions intended on ports mantainers...
>=20
> I hope so, since we're in a period of freeze for the ports tree. :)
>=20
> > I hope it's ok to ask for new ports.
>=20
> Well, generally it is.  The thing is that if you want some new ports
> included in the tree, you should better go out, create the
> infrastructure yourself, and then sendpr it.

Seconded.=20

Have a look at the Porter's Handbook, esp. the "quick porting" section:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/

Then, choose one from the 10500+ examples in /usr/ports ;-) If you
want to create a port for a Gnome application, choose a Gnome port
(USE_GNOME=3Dbla blurb), same applies for KDE applications or software that
uses GNU configure (GNU_CONFIGURE=3DYES), ...

Now skeletonize a copy of your example and fill in your own flesh.

Don't forget to run "portlint -N" (ports/devel/portlint) before
submitting your PR.

If you encounter any problems, don't hesitate to ask in this mailing
list!

Simon

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