From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 12 12:50:54 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C644316A4CE for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:50:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bast.unixathome.org (bast.unixathome.org [66.11.174.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8527A43D3F for ; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:50:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from wocker (wocker.unixathome.org [192.168.0.99]) by bast.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 200183D42; Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:50:53 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Langille" To: Florent Thoumie Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:50:53 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <425B8BED.14391.1C552FBC@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <1113308878.764.32.camel@innercity> References: <425B85BC.8055.1C3CFD27@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable Content-description: Mail message body cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports version upping policy? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 12:50:54 -0000 On 12 Apr 2005 at 14:27, Florent Thoumie wrote: > Le Mardi 12 avril 2005 =E0 08:24 -0400, Dan Langille a =E9crit : > > On 12 Apr 2005 at 14:17, Florent Thoumie wrote: > > > > > Le Mardi 12 avril 2005 =E0 08:12 -0400, Dan Langille a =E9crit : > > > > On 12 Apr 2005 at 13:26, Florent Thoumie wrote: > > > > > > > > > Yes, I've asked Dan Langille to add a special notice for these > > > > > ports so that people know they are unmaintained. Maybe we shoul= d > > > > > think about it again. Dan ? > > > > > > > > What sort of notice are you thinking of? > > > > > > "The maintainer of this port is ports@FreeBSD.org, that means > > > the port is currently unmaintained and that here may be delays > > > between port updates." > > > > How about: > > > > "There is no maintainer for this port. Updates may be delayed." > > Fine with me, the shorter the better. > > > > Maybe you can add another note saying that mail sent to ports@ > > > go to the freebsd-ports@ mailing list. > > > > "Any concerns regarding this port should be directed to the FreeBSD > > Ports mailing list via freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org." > > Actually, that's what people do when using the link next to > "Maintained by". I'm not sure how to explain this clearly with > few words. Maybe "Maintained by: ports@FreeBSD.org > (freebsd-ports@ mailing list)". Have a look at http://beta.freshports.org/archivers/9e/ for an example. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ NEW brochure available at http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/advocacy/