on 06/12/2009 12:57 AM Daniel Ouellet wrote the following:
> Thanasis wrote:
>
>> on 06/11/2009 07:55 PM Diana Eichert wrote the following:
>>
>>> On Thu, 11 Jun 2009, Thanasis wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> As I said, the compilation didn't need anything special, except perhaps
>>>> using gmake instead of make.
>>>> That's all.
>>>> So, it's minimum effort for someone experienced with the ports system
>>>> and with the Makefile(s) to put it in.
>>>> :-)
>>>>
>>> So, I have to respond. This is the most "Give Me, Give Me, Give Me"
>>> response I've heard in awhile.
>>>
>>> First you have problems and ask for help, plenty of people chime in
>>> with ideas, then you get it working, then someone suggests you give
>>> back to the project because to them, and perhaps the commuunity,
>>> it appears OpenBSD is useful to you. You decline, suggesting it's
>>> a minimum effort for someone experienced with the posts system.
>>>
>>> How do you think these projects work? People sitting on the their
>>> ass and expecting someone else to do things.
>>>
>>> This is why I quit trying to help people on misc@, to much give me,
>>> not enough give back.
>>>
>>> not a g.day
>>>
>>> diana
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Sorry, if I made you feel that way, but believe me, really, if I could
>> do it (put apcupsd in the openbsd ports), I would happily do so.
>> But not everyone is a developer ... O:-)
>> PS: And thanks to every one for their help :-)
>>
>
> You got it working never the less didn't you?
>
> So, doesn't need to be a dev to get there.
>
> Diana is 150% right once more!
>
> Doing the port is in the FAQ and in response to the help you got, plenty of
> it,
> you could do it, or worst case read the FAQ and create a port.
>
> I am sure if it is not perfect and you submit it, as much as you got help to
> get
> your stuff going, if there was something wrong in your port, or try of it
> anyway, you would get even more help making it right!
>
OK, then every one who has asked for help in this list should become a
developer at least _some_day_, which is true, but only problem is, their
MMV, and god knows if one's death comes before that day... :-)
Now, specificaly on this post's subject, if one has followed the thread
close enough, he should have also seen, that someone else has already
tried it:
http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=123100538732186&w=2
I don't know what happened and if he's still going on though ... :-)
Cheers! :-)
