Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:10:41 +0200 From: Vasil Dimov <vd@FreeBSD.org> To: "Charles A\. Landemaine" <landemaine@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Who is behind the ports? Message-ID: <20061201151041.GA7451@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> In-Reply-To: <e6575a30612010634v262ff562m75ac682c481667aa@mail.gmail.com> References: <e6575a30612010634v262ff562m75ac682c481667aa@mail.gmail.com>
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--uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 11:34:54AM -0300, Charles A. Landemaine wrote: > I was amazed to see that there are 16102 available ports, I was also > amazed looking at this graphic: > http://www.freebsd.org/ports/growth/status.png >=20 > How is it possible? How many people are helping porting applications? > There's gotta be millions to maintain each new versions of so many > applications... >=20 > Is there some sort of automation creating so many ports? > Thanks in advance! Not at all. There is nothing automated :-) There are currently 180 ports committers and about 2000 additional contributors (but this number is not limited to ports work). --=20 Vasil Dimov gro.DSBeerF@dv % There is no cure for birth and death other than to enjoy the interval. -- George Santayana --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFFcEXxFw6SP/bBpCARAiHGAJ9ciS3+RvdjZX5eeQqk7DYMvT77IgCg4Y+S 3LdbtwPPMmduz7moUbcUOTo= =pMxL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uAKRQypu60I7Lcqm--
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