Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:08:51 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: Mark Foster <mark@foster.cc> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports Request: OpenNMS Message-ID: <8A4A35E37FFA6BBE5245D128@utd65257.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <47FFA0E6.1060508@foster.cc> References: <BCB185E6A8E1DF4BAD610F00CD32CE0D0253BB57@exchange1.tad.internal.tilera.com> <0515FD4A165B9F35FA7E1B75@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <47FFA0E6.1060508@foster.cc>
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--On Friday, April 11, 2008 10:33:26 -0700 Mark Foster <mark@foster.cc> wrote: > Paul Schmehl wrote: >> If you're really serious that you want OpenNMS ported, then it's time >> to make your contribution to FreeBSD. :-) Solicit help from other >> FreeBSD users who use/want OpenNMS, and work together to distribute >> the load and get the job done. There's plenty of people on this list >> who can help you when you run into problems. >> > I couldn't agree more! > But for the last statement. I have to say I've been underwhelmed with the > amount of maintainership support I have received from this > (ports@freebsd.org) list. Perhaps it's just me, I know the ports-mgr are also > very busy. Or in other cases the answer is just unknown. > So, as a maintainer I tend to ask google before bugging the list. Is a > dedicated maintainer-support list something discussed before? I think this *is* the dedicated maintainer-support list. :-) It's been my experience that most of the questions I ask here are fairly dumb and easily answered with a little research. Perhaps that's why some are slow to answer? :-) I discussed, one time, on this list, updating the porting handbook to more accurately describe the process, but that too requires some work and a PR, so I just haven't gotten to it yet. (Which I suspect is everyone's problem.) I try to help when I can, but I defer to more knowledgeable folks in most cases. I know that my porting skills have improved greatly since I first started and *much* of what I've learned has come from other ports. If you want to know how to do a port, study the existing ports - especially ones that are fairly complex, because those are *usually* done by very knowledgeable people. (Mine are all relatively simple, mind you.) -- Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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