linux-c6 ports maintainership

[Muhammad Moinur Rahman]

Hi,

I would like to join this project.

BR,
@bofh

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 3:11 AM, Johannes Jost Meixner <xmj at chaot.net>
wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> I'm looking for someone to give tender loving care to the CentOS ports
> we're using on FreeBSD to run Skype and many more.
>
> I've started this project in early 2014 and I've been enjoying the ride
> through 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 and now 6.7, alas it's time for new priorities.
>
> CentOS follows the RHEL release schedule more or less closely. When that
> happens, everything that CentOS updates needs to be updated in ports as
> well, including small pkg-plist and distinfo changes. Developing the PR
> for the last upgrade -- 6.6 through 6.7 -- took me four hours,  so it's
> actually much less work than it sounds.
>
> CentOS also occasionally releases security fixes for things that have
> had outstanding vulnerabilities (think openssl, glibc, and friends).
> This entails every now and then updating one port.
>
> Given that CentOS 6 will be maintained upstream until 30 November 2020
> we still have some time to go before everything becomes as old and rusty
> as it was before.
>
> This takes someone to do it, and much as I'd like there's other things
> on my plate.
>
> If you'd be interested in doing this and have some more specific
> questions, drop me a line or two and we'll sort it out
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> -xmj
> http://xmj.me
>
>