From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 12 23:14:06 2009 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 809821065687; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:14:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daniel@roe.ch) Received: from calvin.ustdmz.roe.ch (calvin.ustdmz.roe.ch [IPv6:2001:41e0:ff17:face::26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBB3B8FC0A; Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:14:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from daniel@roe.ch) Received: from roe (ssh-from [2001:41e0:ff17:babe::101]) by calvin.ustdmz.roe.ch (envelope-from ) with LOCAL id 1LXkku-0002UG-PH ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:14:04 +0100 Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:14:04 +0100 From: Daniel Roethlisberger To: Thomas Abthorpe Message-ID: <20090212231404.GA8995@hobbes.ustdmz.roe.ch> Mail-Followup-To: Thomas Abthorpe , ports@freebsd.org References: <200902121232.30515.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200902121232.30515.tabthorpe@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Call for potential ports maintainers 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: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:14:06 -0000 Thomas Abthorpe 2009-02-12: > 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? I'll adopt these two additional ports: security/md4coll security/fragrouter Thanks! -- Daniel Roethlisberger http://daniel.roe.ch/