From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Mar 10 11:13:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA29562 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:13:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gjp.erols.com (alex-va-n008c243.moon.jic.com [206.156.18.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA29455 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 11:12:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) Received: from gjp.erols.com (localhost.erols.com [127.0.0.1]) by gjp.erols.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA13618; Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:12:03 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from gjp@gjp.erols.com) X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: original man cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: A question about ports maintenance In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 10 Mar 1998 18:36:38 GMT." <199803101836.SAA12217@osibisa.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:12:03 -0500 Message-ID: <13614.889557123@gjp.erols.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org original man wrote in message ID <199803101836.SAA12217@osibisa.cl.msu.edu>: > What does it mean when a port has the following? > Maintained by: ports@freebsd.org That the port is fatherless and looking for someone to give it a good home. > Who exactly is maintaining the port? Anyone on the mailing list `ports@freebsd.org' who can be bothered to fix it. > Are these ports looking for someone to maintain them? Definately. Especially active maintainers that fix stuff promptly. Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message