From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 2 21:06:19 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DE5C1065672 for ; Sun, 2 May 2010 21:06:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) Received: from mailgate.jr-hosting.nl (mailgate.jr-hosting.nl [78.46.126.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9078FC14 for ; Sun, 2 May 2010 21:06:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from websrv01.jr-hosting.nl (websrv01 [78.47.69.233]) by mailgate.jr-hosting.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34EBF1CC2E; Sun, 2 May 2010 22:49:28 +0200 (CEST) Received: from a83-163-38-147.adsl.xs4all.nl ([83.163.38.147] helo=axantucar.elvandar.int) by websrv01.jr-hosting.nl with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.71 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1O8g6S-0005AP-2m; Sun, 02 May 2010 22:49:28 +0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1078) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Remko Lodder In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 22:49:27 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <1211F611-FEC1-4BA0-A358-BA88F83DA46D@elvandar.org> References: To: Tim A X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1078) Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dixit port bad management 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: Sun, 02 May 2010 21:06:19 -0000 On May 2, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Tim A wrote: >=20 > 1) I don't understand why the Textproc/Dixit port is so badly managed. = The program itself is at version 10.4, while your unprofessional port = still stays at version 1.0.1, claiming that the GCC 4.2 compilation is = broken.=20 >=20 > 2) I don't understand either why you don't use Dixit sourceforge RSS = feeds to know when a new version is available.=20 >=20 > 3) I don't understand how your Dixit port points to files which don't = exist anymore. >=20 > 4) I don't understand the suprematism attitude of the maintainers in = charge, who don't give a penny on the programs they are suppose to = maintain. They are only interested in the statistics generated by their = unprofessional ports, but not in their quality. =20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Tim > =20 Dear Tim, Thank you for sending this email. As you might understand, people come = and go on the project, things get fixed, imported, and left alone. But.. the great part of our community is.. you can help! I see that this = is hurting you badly.. you can change this, you can help us upgrading the port, and making sure it entirely works. How about that? I invite = you to become an active member of the community and help us to get proper support. Untill then, your email is noted and hopefully someone will have the = time/motivation etc to fix this. Thank you for using FreeBSD! --=20 /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News