From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 30 14:19:26 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70F40FEA for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:19:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mad@madpilot.net) Received: from winston.madpilot.net (winston.madpilot.net [78.47.75.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F74F251A for ; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:19:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from winston.madpilot.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by winston.madpilot.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3d8sHB38HSzFTJw; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:19:18 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at madpilot.net Received: from winston.madpilot.net ([127.0.0.1]) by winston.madpilot.net (winston.madpilot.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id myJs6KppExkt; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:19:16 +0100 (CET) Received: from vwg82.hq.ignesti.it (unknown [77.246.14.163]) by winston.madpilot.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:19:16 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <5271155E.3090405@madpilot.net> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 15:19:10 +0100 From: Guido Falsi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alex Laurie , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Finding abandoned ports References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:19:26 -0000 On 10/30/13 15:02, Alex Laurie wrote: > Hello all, > > Only really just getting into FreeBSD but I am inspired to help out. I'm > not a developer or anything. However I do like to install and update > things. I though one area I may be able to help out is in the ports side of > things. I have been through the Porters handbook and thought I would try > updating some out of date ports to cut my teeth so to speak. Looking around > I don't seem to see anywhere with abandoned ports that need some love. > > Any help or pointers? Hi, This is a great method to start helping with the ports tree. First of all you can look here: http://portscout.freebsd.org/ports@freebsd.org.html This is a list of unmaintained ports, with highlight for the ones needing to be updated. Keep in mind that the check for new versions is automatic, so it can miss some and also report false positives. Good luck! :) -- Guido Falsi