From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 15 13:50:57 2005 Return-Path: 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 9EBAC16A4CE for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:50:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bast.unixathome.org (bast.unixathome.org [66.11.174.150]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26E2443D4C for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:50:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@langille.org) Received: from wocker (wocker.unixathome.org [192.168.0.99]) by bast.unixathome.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9117F3D4C; Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:50:56 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dan Langille" To: Florent Thoumie Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 09:50:56 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <425F8E80.23437.7B93A97@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <1113567474.813.52.camel@innercity> References: <425F777C.28579.75F5401@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable Content-description: Mail message body cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports version upping policy? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 13:50:57 -0000 On 15 Apr 2005 at 14:17, Florent Thoumie wrote: > Le Vendredi 15 avril 2005 =E0 08:12 -0400, Dan Langille a =E9crit : > > On 15 Apr 2005 at 11:09, Ulrich Spoerlein wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 12.04.2005 at 08:50:53 -0400, Dan Langille wrote: > > > > > Actually, that's what people do when using the link next to > > > > > "Maintained by". I'm not sure how to explain this clearly with > > > > > few words. Maybe "Maintained by: ports@FreeBSD.org > > > > > (freebsd-ports@ mailing list)". > > > > > > > > Have a look at http://beta.freshports.org/archivers/9e/ for an > > > > example. > > > > > > That's nice. But what I would like to see is an icon for the mainpag= e > > > where all recent commits are shown. That way, when Kris goes into > > > broken-spree next time, one can easily guess if the port is maintain= ed > > > (and will be fixed by the maintainer) or if it is unmaintained and o= ne > > > should probably submit a PR oneself. > > > > > > Right now, we have: > > > > > > [Time Committer] Link-to-Commit-Message > > > name version category another-link {broken|restricted|vulnerable|...= } descr > > > > > > How about adding a red 'U' to that list (similar to 'R' in restricte= d) > > > if maintainer =3D=3D ports@freebsd.org ? > > > > That's easy enough to add. If someone finds me a really nice U, I'll > > add it in. > > I'm not sure you'll find a nice 'U' or that people will > understand that it means "unmaintained". I can propose a red > cross so that people will think "oooh poor port, I wish I could > take care of it" or maybe a larger image saying "adopt a port > today !". They will understand what the U means, just like they will and do understand the R. Explanations are included in the FAQ, and mouse hover text explains it. The icons should be similar in size to existing icons. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/ NEW brochure available at http://www.bsdcan.org/2005/advocacy/