Re: Finding abandoned ports

2013-10-31 Thread Jerry
On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 14:02:39 + Alex Laurie articulated: > Only really just getting into FreeBSD but I am inspired to help out. > I'm not a developer or anything. However I do like to install and > update things. I though one area I may be able to help out is in the > ports side of things. I ha

Re: Finding abandoned ports

2013-10-31 Thread Kubilay Kocak
On 31/10/2013 1:02 AM, Alex Laurie wrote: > Hello all, > > Only really just getting into FreeBSD but I am inspired to help out. I'm > not a developer or anything. However I do like to install and update > things. I though one area I may be able to help out is in the ports side of > things. I have

Re: Finding abandoned ports

2013-10-31 Thread Stephen Montgomery-Smith
On 10/30/2013 09:02 AM, Alex Laurie wrote: > Hello all, > > Only really just getting into FreeBSD but I am inspired to help out. I'm > not a developer or anything. However I do like to install and update > things. I though one area I may be able to help out is in the ports side of > things. I have

Re: Finding abandoned ports

2013-10-30 Thread Mark Linimon
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 03:19:10PM +0100, Guido Falsi wrote: > First of all you can look here: > > http://portscout.freebsd.org/po...@freebsd.org.html > > This is a list of unmaintained ports, with highlight for the ones > needing to be updated. Another tool is portsmon, which cross-references p

Re: Finding abandoned ports

2013-10-30 Thread Lars Engels
Am 30.10.2013 15:02, schrieb Alex Laurie: Hello all, Only really just getting into FreeBSD but I am inspired to help out. I'm not a developer or anything. However I do like to install and update things. I though one area I may be able to help out is in the ports side of things. I have been th

Re: Finding abandoned ports

2013-10-30 Thread Alex Laurie
Thanks all. I'll take a look at the highlighted ones. See if I can get an easy one and follow the Porters handbook for all this diff stuff. I'm sure there will be a few mails with query's! On 30 October 2013 14:08, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > > Only really just getting into FreeBSD but I am

Re: Finding abandoned ports

2013-10-30 Thread Guido Falsi
On 10/30/13 15:02, Alex Laurie wrote: Hello all, Only really just getting into FreeBSD but I am inspired to help out. I'm not a developer or anything. However I do like to install and update things. I though one area I may be able to help out is in the ports side of things. I have been through t

Finding abandoned ports

2013-10-30 Thread Alex Laurie
Hello all, Only really just getting into FreeBSD but I am inspired to help out. I'm not a developer or anything. However I do like to install and update things. I though one area I may be able to help out is in the ports side of things. I have been through the Porters handbook and thought I would