request for a new port + package

[Julian Elischer]

On 7/5/18 7:03 am, Mateusz Piotrowski wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Apr 2018 04:22:32 +0800
> Julian Elischer <julian at freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>> On 9/4/18 7:15 pm, Eugene Grosbein wrote:
>>> On 09.04.2018 14:16, Mayuresh Kathe wrote:
>>>
>>>> how do i place a request for a new port + package?
>>>> the sources for my requested tool are available at
>>>> http://www.t3x.org/files/zenlisp.zip and the author of that tool has
>>>> granted permission to move it from the existing "public domain"
>>>> license to any "bsdl" license.
>>> 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).
>> 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.
>> 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.
> You might be interested in this: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12921
>
> Cheers :)
>
> MP
>
great.. when I read it before it was hard to read but 
http://envirobotics.ca/portershb/tools-introduction.html

makes it readable.