qpopper

[Doug Hardie]

On May 12, 2006, at 21:22, Shaun Amott wrote:

> On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 09:03:04PM -0700, Doug Hardie wrote:
>>
>>> The port is assigned to the default ports@ address (pointed at this
>>> list), so it is currently not maintained.
>>
>> Interesting as that is not identified on the qualcomm web pages.  I
>> saw a reference to 4.1.0 and went digging through the qualcomm ftp
>> site.   Found 4.1a2 in the beta directory.  Its dated last summer.
>> It does have the code for the homedir issues in it.  4.0.9 did not.
>> What is the status of the port going to be with no one assigned to  
>> it?
>>
>
> The port is unlikely to get updated, unless someone notices it and
> decides to look into it.
>
> If you feel you could take responsibility for the port, then feel free
> to submit a patch and offer to maintain it. In this case, you'll  
> want to
> have a read of the Porter's Handbook first (easily found on Google).

I will look through the Porter's Handbood again.  Didn't understand  
it on quick read a few weeks ago.  Is this the right place to ask  
about the porting process?