Unfetchable distfiles reminder

[Tim Bishop]

On Wed, 2005-12-07 at 02:55 -0900, Beecher Rintoul wrote:
> 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.

A diff sent using send-pr is the best and probably easiest way. You may
want to look at devel/porttools - it'll generate and send diffs for you.

Tim.
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