Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:32:13 -0500 From: Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@freebsd.org> To: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Call for potential ports maintainers Message-ID: <200902121232.30515.tabthorpe@freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This topic came up in IRC, and I was encouraged to go out, and find some new maintainers. At any given time, approximately 20 - 25% of all ports are unmaintained. Not all unmaintained ports need updating, but some do. That is where you folks come in. There are a bunch of you out there who are subscribers to this list (and other FreeBSD related lists too, I am sure), you have FreeBSD installed and likely have quite an array of ports installed on this system of yours. You are subscribed as a means of keeping up with the world of FreeBSD. But you have been holding back, thinking "I really would like to do something to contribute to the success of FreeBSD, but I am not sure what." How do I know this? I was one, a silent observer on the mailing lists, and in on IRC. Then one day, I answered a similar plea, http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/2006-May/001065.html. I have summarised some details on the wiki on Adopting Ports, http://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsTasks#head-f018f566bce2ff96ec13fabd536d7cc6dc6f4275. The gauntlet has been thrown down, who among you is prepared to pick it up? Thomas - -- Thomas Abthorpe | FreeBSD Committer tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org | http://people.freebsd.org/~tabthorpe -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkmUXS4ACgkQ5Gm/jNBp8qC+ZwCfVKsvZ/dzlOGI5cfbvPLtPcB7 f7QAn3UqrIIMvdDH1eDL11xeu32qSNWL =l/Oi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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