From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 6 21:45:12 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 38F0616A42D for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:45:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC1D743D6E for ; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 21:45:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from infofarmer@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 8so1184725nzo for ; Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:45:11 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XGAhQFamKVSQ9VKztNfl7zn9PmCk+ClafA0XM1dSr6PwSUEEp1KlgJXKPlIPS8fmTlB8VZIsobmjlCG+bCWY10f+hYr0uxkLGKmEdUNBxYuqlaSyZjWdYwosYcOpXbRsGwKe2s93Ca6xe8aM5MVTHLL3Izw37Z7W2ZSfRLaTwUM= Received: by 10.36.5.13 with SMTP id 13mr4494739nze; Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:45:10 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.37.20.11 with HTTP; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 13:45:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 00:45:10 +0300 From: Andrew Pantyukhin To: FreeBSD Prospect In-Reply-To: <200602062207.53067.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <200602062207.53067.mailings.freebsd@o0l0o.org> 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 21:45:12 -0000 On 2/7/06, FreeBSD Prospect wrote: > Hi! > > I was wondering, if there is any communication channel to request new por= ts. > > I mean, isn't it likely, that a FreeBSD user (not a codergeek able to cre= ate > ports himself) is looking for some software, which is available open-sour= ce > for Linux, but hasn't been ported yet? > > 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 subscri= bed > to that mailing-list, but didn't see much traffic until now, and no port > requests at all)? It's in the nature of the OSS that the bulk of development happens in the areas interesting to the developers themselves. Unless you're willing to pay, you'll have to explain that this program is really great - then someone might get interested in making a port. But don't get frustrated if you're the only one, who needs a port and nobody is willing to help you. Usually it only takes a few minutes to port a small utility - and it's far easier to learn basic make syntax than a fully fledged programming language. Many FreeBSD users start making ports within the first year of using this wonderful OS.