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Date:      Sat, 18 Mar 2006 02:50:34 -0600
From:      Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org>
To:        _-_ Daniel _-_ <nefar@hotmail.com>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sabnzbd port missing
Message-ID:  <441BC9DA.7090408@mkproductions.org>
In-Reply-To: <BAY114-DAV1707309BFB57A8C4292920B1E50@phx.gbl>
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_-_ Daniel _-_ wrote:
> 
>> Daniel wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've noticed there is no port for sabnzbd 
>>> (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbd/).
>>>
>>> What's involved in becoming a port maintainer? I would like to see a 
>>> port for this, but if
>>> no one else is willing to do it, I can possibly do it. Please let me 
>>> know how to go about this, and what
>>> the requirements are.
>>>
>>> -d
>>
>> I'd say the easiest way is to read through the Porter's Handbook. It's 
>> a very detailed guide on how to port applications to FreeBSD.
>>
>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/
>>
>> If it was me, I'd read through that and port it myself. You will learn 
>> how to do it and also feel good for contributing to FreeBSD. :)
>>
>> -Mark
> 
> 
> I've created two ports. py-utils (WWW: 
> http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/pythonutils.html)
> and SABnzbd (WWW: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sabnzbd)
> 
> what's the procedure at this point to get them submitted? (I couldn't 
> find anything in the handbook which talked about that)
> 
> -d

How to submit the port is documented in section 3.6 of:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/

Be sure to test them several times before submitting though by following 
the steps in section 3.4.

-Mark

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