From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 19:42:10 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8503106566B for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:42:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D3E8FC14 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:42:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from vanquish.ws.pitbpa0.priv.collaborativefusion.com (pr40.pitbpa0.pub.collaborativefusion.com [206.210.89.202]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id ACC99EBC3D; Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:42:09 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:42:02 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: "Jim Stapleton" Message-Id: <20080408154202.8ba77f81.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <80f4f2b20804081229k1aa5580eva6bfb607d84c05d3@mail.gmail.com> References: <80f4f2b20804081229k1aa5580eva6bfb607d84c05d3@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.8 (GTK+ 2.12.8; i386-portbld-freebsd6.3) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: requesting 'QA' assistance 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: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:42:11 -0000 In response to "Jim Stapleton" : > I have something I'd like to add to ports eventually, but it isn't > read yet. I was wondering what the preferred method of requesting > users take a peek at it and tell me what they think/want. > > The actual software would go under ports-mgmt, and has the main > functionality intended. The actuall set of programs is called 'virtual > ports', and it allows a keyword and virtual directory indexing of the > ports tree. The goal is to allow people to play around with different > designs of the ports tree without having to change the system ports > tree - preventing breakage in programs, and giving both the users and > maintainers of the ports tree more flexibility in organization. > > Should I post the tbz file on my web server, and post a link on a > mailing list, or post the copied/pasted shar to the mailing list > (466kb, so I'm guessing /no/ to that one). > > Should I post here or to -ports? My opinion would be make a .tgz of the port directory and put it on a web/ftp server somewhere, then post a link to the ports mailing list asking folks to look at it and provide feedback. Yes, a 466K shar file posted to the mailing list is going to tick a lot of people off ;) -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com