Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:26:35 -0500 From: Charles Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: FreeBSD Prospect <mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possibility to submit requests for new ports? Message-ID: <CE0939CB-EAD1-46EC-88E1-A53B79C7528F@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <200602062207.53067.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> References: <200602062207.53067.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org>
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On Feb 6, 2006, at 4:07 PM, FreeBSD Prospect wrote: > I was wondering, if there is any communication channel to request > new ports. Yes, the freebsd-ports mailing list. > I mean, isn't it likely, that a FreeBSD user (not a codergeek able > to create > ports himself) is looking for some software, which is available > open-source > for Linux, but hasn't been ported yet? Well, there are ~ 14,000 ports already available. Most people find software they want already ported via this page, Freshports, etc: http://www.freebsd.org/ports/categories-grouped.html > Wouldn't it be useful, to have an own mailing list for that? > > Or is freebsd-ports thought to be suiteable for that matter (I am > subscribed > to that mailing-list, but didn't see much traffic until now, and no > port > requests at all)? Requests for new software to be ported happens about once a week. Most ports are created or changed without traffic to that list; it gets busier if there are problems, especially with an important port that many things depend upon... -- -Chuck
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