Unfetchable distfiles reminder

[Beecher Rintoul]

On Wednesday 07 December 2005 01:02 am, Bill Fenner wrote:
> Dear porters,
>
>   This is just a reminder to please periodically check the list of
> unfetchable distfiles at http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/ .
> In particular, the list of ports with no MAINTAINER with distfile
> problems, which currently has 234 bad ports, is
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/ports@freebsd.org.html
>
> Since no one is responsible for these ports, the problem won't get
> fixed unless someone on this list takes the initiative.
>
>   In addition, the list of all ports with any unfetchable distfile is
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~fenner/portsurvey/bad.html
>
> if you don't mind coordinating your fixes with the port MAINTAINER.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Bill "distfiles" Fenner

I would be willing to help out, but I've never submitted anything to be 
committed. In what form do you want the files (a diff)? Secondly who do I 
send them to. Since a lot of ports are orphaned do I just post it to the 
list? I'm not a programmer but I would like to learn portbuilding and I 
figure this is a good place to start.

Thanks,

Beech 

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