Re: [REQUEST] Portfolio Performance
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 02:42:28 UTC
Maybe I should have mentioned that I'm not a FreeBSD user yet, but just checking out the possibility to replace Arch Linux on my laptop. I know about the Porters Handbook, but I'm not a developer or programmer, so diving in that deep may not be an option for me (I possibly would if I could, but then it may be a question of available time to learn all that's necessary and actually do it). I thought maybe I can gain the interest of someone who is capable and would find use of that software for himself. On Sun, 2021-08-29 at 12:34 +1000, raf via ports wrote: > On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 04:06:00AM +0200, Master One via freebsd- > ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> wrote: > > > Not an advert or SPAM, but indeed just a port request ;) > > > > Though not sure how this classifies as badly worded and how I > > should > > have written that request differently. > > > > > > On Sat, 2021-08-28 at 15:41 -0700, Lee Brown wrote: > > > It's meant to be a port request, i.e. will somebody please port > > > this > > > to > > > FreeBSD, but badly worded. > > > > > > I marked it as SPAM before I saw the forum post where SirDice > > > pointed > > > them > > > to this ML. So no, not just you :) > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 2:46 PM Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Is it just me, or does this look suspiciously like an advert? > > > > > > > > -- Dave > > I think it makes sense that a request for a new port > explain why the software is worth porting. I can also > imagine that it might be difficult to do this in a way > that doesn't sound like an advertisement for the > software. After all, the request is an attempt to > entice an existing porter to take on additional work. > That's inherently an attempt at persuasion. > > The porting documentation I've seen only covers > creating a new port, not asking someone else to do so, > or giving advice on how best to do that. > > I suppose the implicit recommendation is to learn about > FreeBSD porting, create the port, submit it, and hope > that it gets accepted: > > https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/ > > There's a big learning curve, but on the plus side, > once you've created your first port, it should be much > easier the next time. :-) > > cheers, > raf