Re: Adding functionality to a port

Thanks Ronald. But I'm not asking how or where to report bugs.

Allow me to rephrase my question.

If and when I am a FreeBSD port maintainer, can I just add any scripts 
or other files to the port I maintain if I think they may be practical, 
even if those files are not part of the upstream project?

Thanks,
   Rob


On 14/11/2021 16:40, Ronald Klop via freebsd-ports wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2021 16:26:23 +0100, Rob LA LAU <freebsd@ohreally.nl> wrote:
> 
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I'm wondering what the rules/guidelines are for adding functionality 
>> to a port, that is not in the upstream package. I can't find anything 
>> about this in the porters' documentation.
>>
>> Background:
>> I'm not a porter myself (planning to be one, but that's irrelevant for 
>> my current question).
>> I ran into a buggy `periodic' script. And when looking for the port 
>> maintainer to report the bug, I found that this script is not part of 
>> the upstream package, but was added to the port by the port maintainer.
>> So I'm wondering now whether I should report the bug in the `periodic' 
>> script, or ask the maintainer to remove the script from the port (and 
>> maybe submit it as a separate port).
>>
>> And in more general it would be interesting to know when changes made 
>> to a port are considered too drastic, and when port maintainers should 
>> be asked to join the upstream development team instead of (or in 
>> addition to) maintaining the port.
>>
>> Thanks for any and all replies.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>    Rob
> 
> 
> You can file a bug report on https://bugs.freebsd.org/ . If you use a 
> summary like 'www/firefox: Unable to use microphone with ALSA backend' 
> it is automatically assigned to the maintainer of the port. So '<full 
> portname>: short description of bug'. You can also upload a patch if you 
> have it.
> 
> If a bug report is not possible you can also just mail the maintainer 
> and see what the reaction is.
> 
> Regards,
> Ronald.
> 

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