From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 19 11:22:33 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F6121065672 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:22:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F1EC8FC13 for ; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:22:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ncsc.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.41]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O3p3f-0004hK-NV; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:22:31 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by ncsc.bris.ac.uk with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1O3p3f-0002hs-HS; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:22:31 +0100 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id o3JBMUeP074623; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:22:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id o3JBMUaa074622; Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:22:30 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:22:30 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Thomas Abthorpe Message-ID: <20100419112228.GB70334@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20100419035243.GA4554@goodking.goodking.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100419035243.GA4554@goodking.goodking.ca> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Responding to a challenge X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:22:33 -0000 On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:52:43PM -0400, Thomas Abthorpe wrote: > edwin@ threw down this gauntlet when I accepted my recent hat, > http://blogs.freebsdish.org/tabthorpe/2010/03/25/catching-up-on-recent-events/comment-page-1/#comment-13022 > > I have responded. Sure it is lame, I am a porter, not a song writer! > > --- > > Something to Port > with apologies to Queen > > Can anybody find me something to port? > Each morning I get up looking at GNATS > Can barely believe what I see > Take a look on the mailing lists > People, what are you doing to me? > I have spent all these years closing PRs > But I just can't get no relief! > Somebody, somebody > Can anybody find me something to port? > > I work hard, working on ports > I work until my brain hurts > At the end of the day, I queue up my last job > And I try to get some sleep > Until I realise I didn't sync my tree > Oh, somebody, somebody > Can anybody find me something to port? > > (He works hard) > > Everyday, I try and I try and I try > But the PRs keep on coming in > My family thinks I am crazy > The say, "You do this for free?" > The say I need a new hobby > Got no common sense > I got nobody who understands me > Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah > > Oh, somebody, somebody > Can anybody find me something to port? > > Got not feel, keep losing more sleep > I just keep drinking more tea > I'm ok, I'm alright > Ain't gonna let them beat me > I just gotta get out of this jail(8) > Someday I'm gonna be free! > > Find me something to port > Can anybody find me something to port? > > -- > Thomas Abthorpe | FreeBSD Committer > tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org | http://people.freebsd.org/~tabthorpe well done! I laughed a lot at yours and the previous songs. By the way, what is "bikeshed" in fbsd context? anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423