request for a new port + package

[Eugene Grosbein]

20.04.2018 3:22, Julian Elischer wrote:

>> The package is created automatically once new port is created and added
>> to FreeBSD Ports collection. You can create and submit new port yourself,
>> just read https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/
> 
> It seems to me that the description of what to do to make a port
> is somewhat recursive by which I mean you need to understand
> what it says before you read it. if you don't already know the jargon,
> it is all Greek. (Apologies to any Greeks on the list).

That means the language should be simplified (or thesaurus added :-)

> I think it would be a pretty cool project to write a tool that asks
> lots of questions and then eventually spits out a port Makefile.

I don't believe this is possible for ports other that are trivial to create without any tool.

> it could allow the user to browse to places and then analyse the
> links used etc.
> I think the port writer's handbook is a bit intimidating to new ports submitters.