how to make a port of ex-FreeBSD code...

[Chris H]

On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:31:54 -0800 John-Mark Gurney <jmg at funkthat.com> wrote

> Chris H wrote this message on Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 15:08 -0800:
> > On Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:21:28 -0800 John-Mark Gurney <jmg at funkthat.com>
> > wrote 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I'm going to be removing bdes (and possibly enigma) from FreeBSD and
> > > making a port of it...
> > > 
> > > What is the best way to do this?
> > > 
> > > Should I fetch this from git/svn?  Make a new archive of this?  But if
> > > I create a new archive, how to distribut it (keeping it in my home dir
> > > is not an option, as I don't plan on maintaining it)?
> > > 
> > > Is there an example of other code that was retired to the ports tree?
> > The only example that I can think of was fortune(6); specifically;
> > the "naughty" fortunes that were censored. Last I heard, someone
> > indicated they had ported it into ports tree.
> 
> A port was made, but it was nevery committed (or if it was, I sure
> can't find it), so that isn't a good example..
Ahh. I remember a fairly lively discussion on @stable. Followed
by an announcement with a PR listed. So I assumed it was eventually
committed. Sorry.

--Chris
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--Chris

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