From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 27 14:36:50 2003 Return-Path: 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 9CC8C16A4B3 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:36:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailout.informatik.tu-muenchen.de (mailout.informatik.tu-muenchen.de [131.159.0.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E117A43F85 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 14:36:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from barner@in.tum.de) Received: by zi025.glhnet.mhn.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CB034D9A; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 23:36:48 +0100 (CET) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 23:36:48 +0100 From: Simon Barner To: kosmos Message-ID: <20031027223648.GC1004@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> References: <20031027200046.33CF516A4DB@hub.freebsd.org> <20031027214510.GA52000@kosmos.mynet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031027214510.GA52000@kosmos.mynet> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at informatik.tu-muenchen.de cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bug in ports howto question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 22:36:50 -0000 --Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > What is the procedure to submit a new port when you don't have access to > a dedicated and highly-visible Freebsd machine on the internet? You have to configure sendmail (or any other MTA of your choice) to use a proper mail server (e.g your ISP's) as a smarthost/mailrelay. Perhaps at least a reference to the according sendmail documentation should be added to the send-pr man page. Apart from that effort is being put into bringing a web based submission form back online (the former one has been disabled since the GNATS system was heavily spammed). > I wonder how many people just give up trying. Good question. Every single volunteer giving up is a pity. > So, what address or mailing list should a new port be sent to if you=20 > can't use send-pr? Should this be documented in the porter's handbook? IMHO the best solution is to fix your mailing system. If you can't help it you could try and post your patch to ports@freebsd.org, but I wonder whether that list will reject your mail, too. Aside from that the preferred way of submitting a bug report/patch is send-pr. Simon --Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/nZ4ACkn+/eutqCoRAktDAKDkxRnRejiZ2BmADAuvHTDs4YFDwwCdF07U VetOiWLwweOfod1+m7K9waU= =5mn2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J--