From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 5 22:36:53 2006 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 6374616A420 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:36:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danny@ricin.com) Received: from smtpq3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl (smtpq3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl [213.51.146.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E84E043D45 for ; Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:36:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danny@ricin.com) Received: from [213.51.146.188] (port=59789 helo=smtp3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl) by smtpq3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FG1qN-0007xU-89; Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:36:51 +0100 Received: from cp464173-a.dbsch1.nb.home.nl ([84.27.215.228]:58059 helo=desktop.homenet) by smtp3.tilbu1.nb.home.nl with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1FG1qL-0004dv-Oo; Sun, 05 Mar 2006 23:36:49 +0100 From: Danny Pansters To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 22:36:13 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060305222205.GB926@hades.panopticon> In-Reply-To: <20060305222205.GB926@hades.panopticon> X-Face: :N, f2_*44g[tRY8Y-gL2zi`G|<6SpFjTeHt|V5LO6Yl2E7yAfEh{E6-8pqxUFX"l)=?utf-8?q?Nm8y=7E=0A=09IWJSAWQ=7D+=3DpP=7CT=5D?=@sy1sz%h)*CW6gtbp]"fe@MjICtIUo.0, CH~{[R4PXSyL MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="koi8-r" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603052236.13754.danny@ricin.com> X-AtHome-MailScanner-Information: Please contact support@home.nl for more information X-AtHome-MailScanner: Found to be clean Cc: Dmitry Marakasov Subject: Re: opinions on porting software in alpha state? 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: Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:36:53 -0000 On Sunday 5 March 2006 22:22, Dmitry Marakasov wrote: > Hi! > > I've successfully ported some software products, but now I doubt > if I should actually submit these ports, because these programs are > in alpha state. They are usable, yes, but as it may be expected > from alphas they are quite buggy, and some functions don't work. > So I wanted to ask for opinions - are such ports welcome or > should I better wait for more mature releases? I don't think for ports it's required that the software is stable or completely working. Just that the actual port builds and installs the software alright. Obviously the better it works, the nicer it is. But if there's no port for it, fewer people would try the software and report bugs etc (if interested enough). So, I'd say submit them and let people find the bugs (maybe). It's your responsibility that the port works OK, that means that it (de)installs as expected. But you're not responsible for upstream (though you may want to get involved of course). My EUR 0.02 Dan