Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 21:20:27 +0100 From: Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> Cc: vinc@freebsd-fr.org Subject: Re: Want to create/maintain a port Message-ID: <20031202212027.4af0f412.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> In-Reply-To: <20031202183931.GU27144@toxic.magnesium.net> References: <20031202130020.GA34672@sativa.0x45.org> <20031202153210.250e5ac7.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> <20031202183931.GU27144@toxic.magnesium.net>
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On 2 Dec 2003 13:39:31 -0500 Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> (12.02.2003 @ 0932 PST): Clement Laforet said, in 1.7K: << > > 2. don't be scared to take over maintainership even if you don't > > modify the port > > I'd be careful with that. There's a whole lot of maintainers who > don't. Maintainership is a responsibility, not just a title. You're right... but it quite hard to evaluate how involved a contributor is. We should encourage people to do "worthless" works first(like cleaning orphaned port) before assuming maintainership/submitting new ports. OTOH, we have maintainers who don't drop their maintainership when they can't find time/motivation to assume it. > > 3. Track freshmeat :) > > Truly the best way to find new apps. I find at least one or two every > day that I'd like to port. In fact, I have a build directory with over > 75 completely finished ports that I'm waiting for divine inspiration > to commit. ;-) clem
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