From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sun May 6 23:02:48 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF045FC9F41 for ; Sun, 6 May 2018 23:02:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mpp302@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-f43.google.com (mail-lf0-f43.google.com [209.85.215.43]) (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 45DC3757F0; Sun, 6 May 2018 23:02:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mpp302@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-f43.google.com with SMTP id h197-v6so37899948lfg.11; Sun, 06 May 2018 16:02:48 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=bNPgjFd3EULw7LzWWa4NJ3cH0NIha1veBAmg6t3AWS4=; b=PeiP1OFHAdKegd5Ll8ZS3XsGkfzbOxiWfD5Olx+xMUghbBatLvXE28NQg82uZzuGBa AyW24HAPF6ZMPLVddXUbQFeSHuLuzg6f5RR3XmLLDco03G2yOmPlRBJGdzpRJpNDWuZd +tQ0II9owgIJc+KXrcibJaofM/M3Y69SPgsDrhocoz+VIYO0fK7S3raNq+iLhM5OKJi1 SrpetW8boNN6/1Dc8HkBTc59bUNnFI5cI+5AQR8qS7bELwQSer1kXJVNTjNO0T6ygAwv T4Eug7CS7AWTeJMlTIlR0IoFPkq4rfiJ/bd2GGe1lysOIaAeyII/p4IVLYd/5sHD1Kzi mjgQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALQs6tCvogmm/5p/JYKxl42mhhWBe4dyMs3CGlGeOvTo9lCkVLCUCOTZ c1+8G4E50glce03DDhImCtLrH3Ua54M= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZo5TjGGaWe1l+4ZtnGWEOot2WC3lhx+cP0vr8QsiDuptJQAa+N/jkb/D7ZXqyMFt39aaeFRUw== X-Received: by 2002:a2e:4185:: with SMTP id d5-v6mr22636360ljf.114.1525647761213; Sun, 06 May 2018 16:02:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from oxy (89-76-8-18.dynamic.chello.pl. [89.76.8.18]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id g2-v6sm1469701ljj.82.2018.05.06.16.02.40 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sun, 06 May 2018 16:02:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 May 2018 01:03:40 +0200 From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer Cc: Eugene Grosbein , mayuresh@kathe.in, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: request for a new port + package Message-ID: <20180507010340.13b1ad22@oxy> In-Reply-To: <5da9f45c-a6ea-3844-5f48-d4389bd3f275@freebsd.org> References: <5ACB4B3F.2040403@grosbein.net> <5da9f45c-a6ea-3844-5f48-d4389bd3f275@freebsd.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0 (GTK+ 2.24.32; amd64-portbld-freebsd12.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 06 May 2018 23:02:49 -0000 On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 04:22:32 +0800 Julian Elischer wrote: >On 9/4/18 7:15 pm, Eugene Grosbein wrote: >> On 09.04.2018 14:16, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: >> >>> how do i place a request for a new port + package? >>> the sources for my requested tool are available at >>> http://www.t3x.org/files/zenlisp.zip and the author of that tool has >>> granted permission to move it from the existing "public domain" >>> license to any "bsdl" license. >> The package is created automatically once new port is created and >> added to FreeBSD Ports collection. You can create and submit new >> port yourself, just read >> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/ > >It seems to me that the description of what to do to make a port >is somewhat recursive by which I mean you need to understand >what it says before you read it. if you don't already know the jargon, >it is all Greek. (Apologies to any Greeks on the list). >I think it would be a pretty cool project to write a tool that asks >lots of questions and then eventually spits out a port Makefile. >it could allow the user to browse to places and then analyse the >links used etc. >I think the port writer's handbook is a bit intimidating to new ports >submitters. You might be interested in this: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12921 Cheers :) MP