On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 02:18:52PM +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: > On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 01:33:59PM BST, Chris Bennett wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 01, 2015 at 11:24:34AM +0100, Raf Czlonka wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Is there any chance of getting abook updated in line with its git > > > master[0] branch, or its last (pre)release at the very least, please? > > > > > > Ta, > > > > > > Raf > > > > > > [0] http://sourceforge.net/p/abook/git/ci/master/tree/ > > > > > > > You can do this yourself. > > Run a current snapshot and current ports. > > Look over the directories and Makefiles in books section. > > Read the porters guide. > > Ask specific questions. > > Submit a copy of your port for a book, get any criticism and fix the > > problems. Most likely your new port will be accepted. > > A port of abook already exists and someone has done a good job of > keeping it patched and up to date (the latter to a point) and I'm only > asking if there's a chance of it being brought up to date. > > Sure, I could update the port to a newer version but if there's a bug in > the actual *software*, I'm afraid that I won't be able to do much as I > don't know C - maintaining a port for a software written in language one > does not understand is probably not the best of ideas. > > > When the book gets updated, update your port. > > Submitting a port for a book is a good place to start porting, there are > > no libraries or patches or anything else very difficult. > > The aforementioned person is clearly not you, so please give me the > courtesy of at least following the link before you preach. > > Raf
Damn, I actually made a mistake, that hasn't happened since the last time I made a mistake. Preach at you? I don't know you. Maybe you drink a six pack of beer after work every night. Who knows? Don't know C, learn it. Every one of us has limited time to do things. We have to choose what to do in our time every day. Ask the maintainer directly to do what you want if you aren't willing to learn what is necessary. Maybe pay him/her that works sometimes. Nobody here likes begging someone else to do work they might not have time or desire to do. But consider this. Joe Fulano de Tal and Mary Smith just started using OpenBSD and signed up for the mailing lists. They think porting is way over their heads. My email may have just motivated them to try to do a port. They succeed. OpenBSD is then better than before. So Joe and Mary, do your thing. I would love to see a new port I can use or an update to some existing port no one else has time to update. So consider my email for them, not you. You are too lazy to learn C. Chris Bennett
