From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 6 21:26:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43BF516A420 for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:26:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCCAF43D5D for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:26:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A0EA5D62; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:26:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 31485-02; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:26:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from [199.103.21.238] (pan.codefab.com [199.103.21.238]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4222F5C10; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:26:37 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <200602062207.53067.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> References: <200602062207.53067.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Charles Swiger Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 16:26:35 -0500 To: FreeBSD Prospect X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Possibility to submit requests for new ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 21:26:40 -0000 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