From owner-freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Thu Apr 14 00:32:07 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5212B0FBFF for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:32:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 5u623l20@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-f68.google.com (mail-vk0-f68.google.com [209.85.213.68]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 78CF713AD for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:32:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from 5u623l20@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-f68.google.com with SMTP id x190so8577541vka.3 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:32:07 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc; bh=sVtgQOtg1KIqj7W1nO8G+PvCRkHVl0Lc0gYR6BUYAKQ=; b=ITX+/XevxNNZUEaKvORrrGuf1fZoxAVZNKbwKBVF+X+iH4WTD2XE4LYcMQZ2DSjwEj e3vKN0D5aewT8AUNvymoEIPmItu1x1WrLdeHB1EZ88/4m99Am3rZtxPFccviZRvsBwQ5 jp6t7Jjg3rDSMoIQyiui8/t6kPkT1ysWAUZCx5V9/rCJ6RC7QkunVKpkvN6rxBahP9+3 QFkAE/j7ePpCtNRR3xpS3Yt67Omy/Cuvtm7jZni7UZJphhjWU/icx+fj4cOMMxVOcFkP rxdZzCdmM4tj4gJLzteKF+z8YlVjttBjkyGPOy3mI/ACXJ60RhgWoYETENCh1GJpWrov 2IWA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FWnRfTcGAVo40O8RqJ19NZdkoL9wMYp5+bFJsc1cfZHLHpgArbKp7PSdKKG9X1R6w== X-Received: by 10.159.36.137 with SMTP id 9mr5370685uar.156.1460592881386; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:14:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vk0-f48.google.com (mail-vk0-f48.google.com. [209.85.213.48]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 37sm105808uae.11.2016.04.13.17.14.40 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:14:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-vk0-f48.google.com with SMTP id c4so91201522vkb.3 for ; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:14:40 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.31.155.131 with SMTP id d125mr5309925vke.146.1460592880591; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:14:40 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.159.55.239 with HTTP; Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:14:40 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <570E99E1.9080209@chaot.net> References: <570E99E1.9080209@chaot.net> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 08:14:40 +0800 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: linux-c6 ports maintainership From: Muhammad Moinur Rahman To: Johannes Jost Meixner Cc: "freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.21 X-BeenThere: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Development of Emulators of other operating systems List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2016 00:32:07 -0000 Hi, I would like to join this project. BR, @bofh On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Johannes Jost Meixner wrote: > Hey guys, > > I'm looking for someone to give tender loving care to the CentOS ports > we're using on FreeBSD to run Skype and many more. > > I've started this project in early 2014 and I've been enjoying the ride > through 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 and now 6.7, alas it's time for new priorities. > > CentOS follows the RHEL release schedule more or less closely. When that > happens, everything that CentOS updates needs to be updated in ports as > well, including small pkg-plist and distinfo changes. Developing the PR > for the last upgrade -- 6.6 through 6.7 -- took me four hours, so it's > actually much less work than it sounds. > > CentOS also occasionally releases security fixes for things that have > had outstanding vulnerabilities (think openssl, glibc, and friends). > This entails every now and then updating one port. > > Given that CentOS 6 will be maintained upstream until 30 November 2020 > we still have some time to go before everything becomes as old and rusty > as it was before. > > This takes someone to do it, and much as I'd like there's other things > on my plate. > > If you'd be interested in doing this and have some more specific > questions, drop me a line or two and we'll sort it out > > Thanks, > > -- > -xmj > http://xmj.me > >