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Date:      Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:29:21 -0500
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Ports ML <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: mysql-gui-tools
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:01 AM, Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingox@gmail.com> wrote:
> It doesn't look like the Porter's Handbook has a section on
> re-animating dead ports.

Not yet.

> But you could always submit it as a new port (with your fix included):

This is the important part. You need to fix the reason it was removed
(perhaps by becoming the upstream maintainer as well)
FWIW I'd prefer a "patch" against the old version instead of a shar
like a new port. I don't know how other committers feel about this.

> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/porting-submitting.html

If you need help just ask on this list.

> I guess that would also make you the new port maintainer.

Yep

-- 
Eitan Adler



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