Okay, I use the nvidia 390 driver and nvidia-xsettings, but they both have no maintainer. I read all the material about what the responsibilitys are for a maintainer and I think I can do a couple. I got a message from portscout about a couple of ports that needed updated. I didn't sign up for any yet but could start there. How do I set my email address to maintainer? I will begin soon after I reread the documentation for contributing to ports and maybe ask a few more questions as they arise.
> > On Jun 28, 2020 at 4:23y PM, Michael Gmelin <free...@grem.de> wrote: > > > > On 29. Jun 2020, at 00:18, Brandon helsley > <brandon.hels...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I'm > getting started reading the porters handbook. I was wondering if I can adopt > a port to practice maintaining one without the experience to keep it properly > updated at first. I'm a little intimidated by contributing and not sure how > best to learn the porters handbook. I guess read it multiple times? > > > Just pick a port that’s unmaintained and that you’re actually using yourself > (ideally on a daily basis). When you do changes, make sure: - it builds > cleanly in poudriere. - it passes portlint. - you follow the porter’s > handbook as good as you can, but without freaking out about it. In case > you’re uncertain, ask questions on this mailing list. Open PRs in bugzilla or > (in the beginning) reviews in phabricator. Committers will help you. Either > it will work, or you will learn. No one will judge you, so no worries. > Cheers, Michael > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org > mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
