Hi John, I would be happy to dig back into this port. I simply forgot about it since I have been using pianobar =-) never the less, I'll look at it again and re-submit.
- John Sent from my iPhone On May 5, 2011, at 5:50 PM, John Prather <[email protected]> wrote: > John / Community, > > I'm a huge fan of pithos (namely because adobe air is not available > for FreeBSD to run the official pandora desktop client), and was > somewhat disappointed that PR ports/151371 ended up being closed > without getting corrected and committed. > > I had a far simpler version of a pithos port which I almost submitted > back in December, before John beat me to the chase with a more complex > one. I've updated it to current 0.3.8 r162, and would be happy to > submit it as another new port request, however I believe that might be > a bit of a kneejerk reaction. > > 1) I have no python skills, it's a miracle I even put together a port > for this which works. > 2) I have an extremely weak understanding of gnome/kde .desktop files > 3) There are patches in this PR which I don't understand, due to #1 and #2. > 4) I don't want to submit my super basic port without including the > hard work John put into his attempt in it, but that's hard due to #3. > 5) It's likely [email protected] may be a more competent maintainer for > this port than I would be, given the above, especially #1. > > If John Hixson, or for that matter, anybody else in the community who > is more familiar with these things than I, has interest in pursuing > getting pithos easily available on the FreeBSD desktop, I would be > happy to share what I have and let this rest in the hands of somebody > less likely to get stumped by some python issue in future releases. > > If I don't get a response, I'll probably eventually just submit what > I've got put together, since a basic pithos port seems better to me > than none at all. > > What I have together right now for 0.3.8r162 is available for review at: > > http://interwebfun.org/pithos.shar.txt > > Hasn't been through tinderbox since I've tweaked it, but seems to > build, install, and deinstall without any issues. > > Any interest? > > > -john _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
