no port for Glassfish - does it make sense to quickly write one?

[Christopher J. Ruwe]

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On Fri, 14 Dec 2012 18:44:45 +0000
Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 14 Dec 2012 18:18, "Christopher J. Ruwe" <cjr at cruwe.de> wrote:
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> > Hello,
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> > using Netbeans I have learned that there is no port for the matching
> > Glassfish application server.
> >
> > Having looked at the Netbeans port, making a port for Glassfish
> > seems not to be a big deal, so I am a bit surprised that noone has
> > stepped forward to contribute one.
> >
> > I am willing to be the one to step forward, however, I would like
> > to ask beforehand whether there are any reasons I am not aware of
> > that a port for Glassfish would be undesirable?
> 
> I had often been surprised at the omission of very useful software
> from the Ports Tree.  I don't know of any that have been actually
> rejected; it is simply a case of manpower vs the zillions of software
> packages out there.
> 
> Before you rush to make a port, check there isn't a previous version
> in the Ports Tree that has been removed, or you may waste time
> reinventing the wheel :)
> 
> http://people.freebsd.org/~crees/removed_ports/index.xml
> 
> Chris


Oops ... might be wise to address the list ... 

Thanks to all for the input. PR is ports/174516. Cheers,
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