Port maintenance

[Brandon helsley]

Okay, I use the nvidia 390 driver and nvidia-xsettings, but they both have no maintainer. I read all the material about what the responsibilitys are for a maintainer and I think I can do a couple. I got a message from portscout about a couple of ports that needed updated. I didn't sign up for any yet but could start there. How do I set my email address to maintainer? I will begin soon after I reread the documentation for contributing to ports and maybe ask a few more questions as they arise.
  

  

  

  
  
  
  
  
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> On Jun 28, 2020 at 4:23y    PM, Michael Gmelin  <freebsd at grem.de>  wrote:
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>   >  On 29. Jun 2020, at 00:18, Brandon helsley  <brandon.helsley at hotmail.com>  wrote:  >   >    >   >   >   >   >  I'm getting started reading the porters handbook. I was wondering if I can adopt a port to practice maintaining one without the experience to keep it properly updated at first. I'm a little intimidated by contributing and not sure how best to learn the porters handbook. I guess read it multiple times?  >   >  Just pick a port that’s unmaintained and that you’re actually using yourself (ideally on a daily basis). When you do changes, make sure: - it builds cleanly in poudriere. - it passes portlint. - you follow the porter’s handbook as good as you can, but without freaking out about it. In case you’re uncertain, ask questions on this mailing list. Open PRs in bugzilla or (in the beginning) reviews in phabricator. Committers will help you. Either it will work, or you will learn. No one will judge you, so no worries. Cheers, Michael  >   >   >   >   >   >   >   >  _______________________________________________  >  freebsd-ports at freebsd.org  mailing list  >   https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports   >  To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"  
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