From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 4 20:53:22 2003 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 A8FB916A4CE for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 20:53:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from cultdeadsheep.org (charon.cultdeadsheep.org [80.65.226.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3B2A43FD7 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 2003 20:53:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org) Received: (qmail 75492 invoked by uid 85); 5 Dec 2003 05:53:13 +0100 Received: from sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org by goofy.cultdeadsheep.org by uid 82 with qmail-scanner-1.20rc2 ( Clear:RC:1:. Processed in 0.061493 secs); 05 Dec 2003 04:53:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO lucifer.cultdeadsheep.org) (192.168.0.2) by goofy.cultdeadsheep.org with SMTP; 5 Dec 2003 05:53:13 +0100 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 05:53:20 +0100 From: Clement Laforet To: "clayton rollins" Message-Id: <20031205055320.1c3f1acc.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: tH3 cUlt 0f tH3 d3@d sH33p X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.7 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [DRAFT] ports contributor's guide 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: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 04:53:22 -0000 On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 04:25:29 +0000 "clayton rollins" wrote: > All in all, very nice work. I wish I had read something similar > when first starting out with the ports system. Thanks :-) > One small criticism, though. > > The doc. does a good job of presenting the fact that > adopting orphaned ports is a good place to start, but > never states any methods one would use to find > orphaned ports. (This is something I still have > questions on...) It will be added to the future FAQ section. All ports "forsaken to" ports@FreeBSD.org should be taken over by anyone, but some of them mustn't be adopted, like gettext port. IMHO, gettext should be owned by portmgr@FreeBSD.org. I surely add tips and tricks, based on my own mistakes. clem