Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 15:56:56 +0300 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: Johann Visagie <wjv@FreeBSD.ORG>, nntpcache@nntpcache.org, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD nntpcache port Message-ID: <20010913155656.B13432@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109130838200.43142-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>; from matt@gsicomp.on.ca on Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 08:41:03AM -0400 References: <20010913143731.C50906@fling.sanbi.ac.za> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109130838200.43142-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>
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On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 08:41:03AM -0400, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Johann Visagie wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > The maintainer of the FreeBSD port of NNTPCache (news/nntpcache) is listed as > > being <nntpcache@nntpcache.org>. I note that the FreeBSD port is stuck at > > version 2.4.0b2, which according to http://www.nntpcache.org/ChangeLog.txt > > was released on 31 Dec 1999. According to the same page, the latest version > > of NNTPCache is 2.4.0b5, and even this was released as long ago as 12 Jun > > 2000. > > > > Two questions: > > > > - Is the FreeBSD port still being actively maintained by someone who responds > > to this email address? > > When a port's maintainer is listed as 'ports@freebsd.org', the port is > effectively unmaintained. The problem is that in this particular case, the maintainer is *not* ports@, but a different e-mail address. However, it would seem that a couple of updates were done after response from that address timed out, and another couple of updates were done by Julian Assange <proff@iq.org> Johann, maybe you'd want to try to contact Julian Assange and ask him if he wants maintainership; if so, list him as maintainer; if not, feel free to reset maintainership to ports@FreeBSD.org and update the port. > > - Would there be any objection to me bringing the FreeBSD port up to date > > with the latest released version? > > Absolutely not. If you want to be the maintainer of the nntpcache port, > be sure to update the MAINTAINER line in the Makefile when you send in > your updates. G'luck, Peter -- If wishes were fishes, the antecedent of this conditional would be true. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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