From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 29 15:27:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25A4816A420 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:27:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from smtp1.utdallas.edu (smtp1.utdallas.edu [129.110.10.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E6043D48 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:27:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pauls@utdallas.edu) Received: from utd59514.utdallas.edu (utd59514.utdallas.edu [129.110.3.28]) by smtp1.utdallas.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51147388D8F for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:27:52 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:27:52 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <1AC3A4AE305620CB1D20E64C@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <200507281709.23125.lofi@freebsd.org> References: <8C64A123AF5094DE468F863D@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <200507281709.23125.lofi@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Mulberry/3.1.6 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject: Re: Question about maintainers X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:27:53 -0000 --On Thursday, July 28, 2005 17:09:19 +0200 Michael Nottebrock wrote: > On Thursday, 28. July 2005 16:43, Paul Schmehl wrote: > >> OK. I see that tcl (83,84), itcl, itk and iwidgets are all without >> maintainers. Does that mean the ports are maintained by freebsd folks? >> Or not maintained at all? > > Not maintained at all. This is the charme of tcl/tk at work here, the > black magic that it is makes nobody want to make a commitment to the > stuff. :-) > > In the past, every once in a while somebody has submitted/committed an > update here or there, but nobody ever picked up maintainership. You can > check out who submitted/committed what in FreeBSD's cvsweb. > > However, tcl83/84, itk, itcl and iwidgets are a pretty broad base. You > might want to get a clearer idea first where the problem is located > before you go sending out questions to people. > Well, I *solved* my problem. I used SUB_FILES and SUB_LIST to change the exec line in the script from "exec wish" to "exec tclsh8.4". I'm fiddling around with the iwidgets port now to see if I want to maintain it. Tcl looks a bit too complicated for me right now, but maybe later. Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Adjunct Information Security Officer University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/