From owner-freebsd-ports Fri Jul 17 21:23:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA14384 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:23:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from colossus.dyn.ml.org (dburr@199-170-160-158.la.inreach.net [199.107.160.158]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA14378 for ; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:23:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr@colossus.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from dburr@localhost) by colossus.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) id VAA25473 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:22:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dburr) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Fri, 17 Jul 1998 21:22:53 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Computer Help From: Donald Burr To: FreeBSD Ports Subject: what shall we do about Enlightenment... Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I notice that the Enlightement port is marked BROKEN, because the distfile no longer exists on the MASTER_SITE. I'd really like to fix this ASAP, if at all possible before the release of 2.2.7. you might be asking "why bother? why not just mark it broken and wait for the next version to finalize?" here's why I thijnk we shouldn't. 1. enlightenment DR (developers) releases are changing pretty much on a daily basis. remember the hassles when lynx went through flux a while ago? it would be reeally nice if we could have something that works right now. 2. (IMHO the most important reason for fixing this) The X contest specifically lists Enlightement as a supported app. Having a compileable/installable enlightenment port/package would probably be a good thing. (The deadline is coming up awfully fast...) 2. The more working ports in 2.2.7, the better. anyway, through my ingenuity and the careful use of search engines, I've found a new distsite for enlightenment. So i sent a patched makefile to the enlightement port maintainer (vanilla@freebsd.org). I sent another copy about a week later, since I didn't et any response. I also, for good measure, submitted a PR on this (see PR ports/7274). Still there has been No response. so what should I do? I did my best to contact the maintainer, and have not heard back from him. Since it is a fairly trivial fix, should I go ahead and commit it? Opinions greatly appreciated. Thanks! --- Donald Burr - Ask me for my PGP key | PGP: Your WWW HomePage: http://DonaldBurr.base.org/ ICQ #1347455 | right to Address: P.O. Box 91212, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-1212 | 'Net privacy. Phone: (805) 957-9666 FAX: (800) 492-5954 | USE IT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FreeBSD - Turning PCs into Workstations - http://www.freebsd.org/ (NOTE: POBoxes.com appears to be working again -- fire away!) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message