From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 18:08:52 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21A95106566B for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:08:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp3.utdallas.edu (smtp3.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC18C8FC17 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:08:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd65257.utdallas.edu (utd65257.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp3.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 823C465509; Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:08:51 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:08:51 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: Mark Foster Message-ID: <8A4A35E37FFA6BBE5245D128@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <47FFA0E6.1060508@foster.cc> References: <0515FD4A165B9F35FA7E1B75@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <47FFA0E6.1060508@foster.cc> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Request: OpenNMS X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:08:52 -0000 --On Friday, April 11, 2008 10:33:26 -0700 Mark Foster wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: >> If you're really serious that you want OpenNMS ported, then it's time >> to make your contribution to FreeBSD. :-) Solicit help from other >> FreeBSD users who use/want OpenNMS, and work together to distribute >> the load and get the job done. There's plenty of people on this list >> who can help you when you run into problems. >> > I couldn't agree more! > But for the last statement. I have to say I've been underwhelmed with the > amount of maintainership support I have received from this > (ports@freebsd.org) list. Perhaps it's just me, I know the ports-mgr are also > very busy. Or in other cases the answer is just unknown. > So, as a maintainer I tend to ask google before bugging the list. Is a > dedicated maintainer-support list something discussed before? I think this *is* the dedicated maintainer-support list. :-) It's been my experience that most of the questions I ask here are fairly dumb and easily answered with a little research. Perhaps that's why some are slow to answer? :-) I discussed, one time, on this list, updating the porting handbook to more accurately describe the process, but that too requires some work and a PR, so I just haven't gotten to it yet. (Which I suspect is everyone's problem.) I try to help when I can, but I defer to more knowledgeable folks in most cases. I know that my porting skills have improved greatly since I first started and *much* of what I've learned has come from other ports. If you want to know how to do a port, study the existing ports - especially ones that are fairly complex, because those are *usually* done by very knowledgeable people. (Mine are all relatively simple, mind you.) -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/