Thanks so much Kami.
Regards.
Ramiro.
El 19/11/25 a las 16:25, Kálmán Kiss escribió:
My two cents: As a developer working on my first pkgsrc package (WIP), I
would likely seek assistance on the pkgsrc-users or tech-pkg mailing
lists, as those are frequented by people who have encountered similar
issues, or perhaps in the Libera IRC #pkgsrc channel.
Regards,
Kami
On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM Greg Troxel <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Ramiro Aceves <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> writes:
> I also think that if some packages aren't in pkgsrc, it's because
> someone has already tried and porting them is impossible or too
> difficult.
I think that is not a correct assumption. Another reason is that nobody
has tried.
> I often examine the Makefiles of existing packages and think, "Wow,
> that's complicated." I'm also amazed at the number of patches. Some
> packages have just a handful, but others, like Chromium, have
> hundreds.
That's mostly not about pkgsrc. Lots of patches is usually because the
upstream code has portability problems.
Some things get very complicated, but packages that have normal build
systems and don't have portability problems are often fairly simple.
I think after you get used to things you will find that most of the
effort is dealing with upstream complications.
But really: feel free to start creating a package in wip, even if it's
got a bunch of comments instead of make code. Look at other pkgsrc
entries for inspiration.
