From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 7 11:55:33 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org 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 6D14016A41F for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 11:55:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from akbeech@gmail.com) Received: from vfemail.net (miwi2dsl-a234.wi.tds.net [216.170.248.235]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A024943D7E for ; Wed, 7 Dec 2005 11:55:26 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from akbeech@gmail.com) Received: (qmail 26562 invoked by uid 85); 7 Dec 2005 11:55:25 -0000 Received: from akbeech@gmail.com by mail.vfemail.net by uid 0 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (clamscan: 0.75.1. spamassassin: 2.63. Clear:. Processed in 1.796517 secs); 07 Dec 2005 11:55:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.241.122?) (alaska@vfemail.net@24.237.206.237) by miwi2dsl-a234.wi.tds.net with RC4-MD5 encrypted SMTP; 7 Dec 2005 11:55:23 -0000 From: Beecher Rintoul Organization: NorthWind Communications To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 02:55:05 -0900 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.3 References: <200512071002.jB7A2bxF064641@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200512071002.jB7A2bxF064641@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart7560600.Ghh1Ft2s9h"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200512070255.18576.akbeech@gmail.com> Cc: Bill Fenner Subject: Re: Unfetchable distfiles reminder 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: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:55:33 -0000 --nextPart7560600.Ghh1Ft2s9h Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 07 December 2005 01:02 am, Bill Fenner wrote: > Dear porters, > > This is just a reminder to please periodically check the list of > unfetchable distfiles at http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/ . > In particular, the list of ports with no MAINTAINER with distfile > problems, which currently has 234 bad ports, is > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/ports@freebsd.org.html > > Since no one is responsible for these ports, the problem won't get > fixed unless someone on this list takes the initiative. > > In addition, the list of all ports with any unfetchable distfile is > > http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/bad.html > > if you don't mind coordinating your fixes with the port MAINTAINER. > > Thanks for your help! > > Bill "distfiles" Fenner I would be willing to help out, but I've never submitted anything to be=20 committed. In what form do you want the files (a diff)? Secondly who do I=20 send them to. Since a lot of ports are orphaned do I just post it to the=20 list? I'm not a programmer but I would like to learn portbuilding and I=20 figure this is a good place to start. Thanks, Beech=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - System Administrator - akbeech@gmail.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | NorthWind Communications \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://akparadise.byethost33.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart7560600.Ghh1Ft2s9h Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBDls2mVq19LUoGB+MRAvJlAJ9jaufUBG3QW88qnkfprJUkQbHIrwCg1f8F ZP2xcZVXe9hzV559pHCWp7c= =vAbl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart7560600.Ghh1Ft2s9h--