status of eclipse [WAS Re: No working IDE in FreeBSD!]

[Michael Scheidell]

On 2/28/12 4:38 AM, kron wrote:
> I tried to update the port but failed and now I'm short
> of time. Is anybody working on the port? A week or two
> ago I asked on freebsd-eclipse@ but no response.
generally speaking, ports@ group can help with minor things, and I have 
found that sometimes the more complex, the bigger challenge, the more 
help you will get.

rarely, if ever have I found it necessary to hire someone to do the 
actual porting for me, but if its a business case, and worth it, you 
might mention it in ports@ (no, i am not offering..)  .  But you might 
consider it.
(FreeBSD never needed to set up a 'bounty' system for people wanting to  
help pay for a port, have they?  I have seen this done on other open 
source projects, mostly to add features and re-arrange priorities, based 
on ca$h used as a voting system )


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