From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Apr 19 20:22:51 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 94628F9EE23 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:22:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from vps1.elischer.org (vps1.elischer.org [204.109.63.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "vps1.elischer.org", Issuer "CA Cert Signing Authority" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3308E754AD for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:22:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from Julian-MBP3.local (220-253-154-11.dyn.iinet.net.au [220.253.154.11]) (authenticated bits=0) by vps1.elischer.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id w3JKMb9x038703 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:22:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Subject: Re: request for a new port + package To: Eugene Grosbein , mayuresh@kathe.in, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <5ACB4B3F.2040403@grosbein.net> From: Julian Elischer Message-ID: <5da9f45c-a6ea-3844-5f48-d4389bd3f275@freebsd.org> Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 04:22:32 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.13; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5ACB4B3F.2040403@grosbein.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2018 20:22:51 -0000 On 9/4/18 7:15 pm, Eugene Grosbein wrote: > On 09.04.2018 14:16, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > >> how do i place a request for a new port + package? >> the sources for my requested tool are available at >> http://www.t3x.org/files/zenlisp.zip and the author of that tool has >> granted permission to move it from the existing "public domain" license >> to any "bsdl" license. > The package is created automatically once new port is created and added > to FreeBSD Ports collection. You can create and submit new port yourself, > just read https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ It seems to me that the description of what to do to make a port is somewhat recursive by which I mean you need to understand what it says before you read it. if you don't already know the jargon, it is all Greek. (Apologies to any Greeks on the list). I think it would be a pretty cool project to write a tool that asks lots of questions and then eventually spits out a port Makefile. it could allow the user to browse to places and then analyse the links used etc. I think the port writer's handbook is a bit intimidating to new ports submitters. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >