Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:46:10 -0400 (EDT) From: James Shrenk <di0nys0s@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: astralblue@usa.net Subject: updating TiK port Message-ID: <381619956.961771570700.JavaMail.root@web624-wrb.mail.com>
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Dear ports maintainers, I have recently started working on updating the version of TiK currently included in the ports collection (0.59) to the most recent version currently available (0.87 http://tik.sourceforge.net ). I do have some questions before I submit the changes in full to the ports collection both from a technical standpoint and related to etiquette: 1. I made an attempt approximately 2 weeks ago to get in touch with the original port maintainer (and I am cc'ing this to him now). So far I've had no contact one way or the other. I do have a long term interest in maintaining this port for FreeBSD as long as it is still being developed in the *nix community. As a matter of politeness I still wish to credit astralblue@usa.net for his original work as I've used a great deal of it in updating the port. That said, it is simply a matter of who to credit the updated makefile to, myself or the both of us? Also, if I continue to not hear any word from the original maintainer, is there any sort of informal or formal process that I should go through in order to take over the maintenance of this port? 2. On the technical side of things, I recall seeing something in the porter's handbook about making sure to explicitly state any change in the files present for the benefit of cvsup. I am presuming that this does not include any files contained in the distfile itself, but I am wondering what it does include. Perhaps I can simplify the question by adding that the current version of tik includes one *less* file in the port directory itself. How does this relate to the PLIST? Beyond this I am still trying to verify that the program still works. It seems that AOL is, on a daily basis, "breaking" the oscar servers in an attempt to thwart the numerous companies trying to connect their own users to the AIM service without AOL's permission. Unfortunately, this also seems to have effected TiK's connectivity. Please, if anyone here uses this port (in any version), could you let me know if this has been affecting you as well. TIA, James Shrenk di0nys0s@earthlink.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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