From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 9 02:31:06 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 7F83F1065671 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 02:31:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.4.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 507228FC0A for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2008 02:31:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from aryeh.friedman@gmail.com) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (ool-435559b8.dyn.optonline.net [67.85.89.184]) by mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-8.04 (built Feb 28 2007)) with ESMTP id <0JZ100FAADNKWXJ0@mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:30:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from flosoft.no-ip.biz (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by flosoft.no-ip.biz (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m392Usjj051265; Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:30:55 -0400 Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:30:49 -0400 From: "Aryeh M. Friedman" In-reply-to: <80f4f2b20804081229k1aa5580eva6bfb607d84c05d3@mail.gmail.com> To: Jim Stapleton Message-id: <47FC2A59.9030208@gmail.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 References: <80f4f2b20804081229k1aa5580eva6bfb607d84c05d3@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080329) Cc: kip.macy@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Alexander Ryba , Ondrej Fischer 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: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:31:06 -0000 Jim Stapleton wrote: > 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. > Normally I would agree with everyone that says to ask on -ports@ but this fits extremely well with what is generally refered to as ports 2.0 (different names are used by different members of the loose community working on it, I have CC'ed everyone else so you know who they are). > 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. > I don't know if this fits 100% what Ale calls virtual ports (see http://wiki.freebsd.org/PortsToDo) but it very close to the image I have for them (we need to know more details of course). I am going to forward you some stuff so you can have a better idea of where the ports 2.0 are heading. Also keep in mind that at the very least I will likely want to look at your stuff in extreme detail because something like this is a natural extension of the SoC project I am awaiting approval on. > 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? > There are some historical/political reasons why you should have a small group look at it before you post the code to -ports@ (see the references I am sending you) > Thanks, > -Jim Stapleton > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >