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List:       freebsd-questions
Subject:    Re: contributing to the ports collection
From:       Fernando_Apesteguía <fernando.apesteguia () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-09-27 20:33:51
Message-ID: CAGwOe2aoaJU52jZv=wfEN961w+0EFtBUO3fWxdoDRgyXS6mtGg () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Stuart Matthews <stuart@islogistics.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> After several years of using FreeBSD, I have decided it is time to start
> contributing my time to the project. I have read through the relevant page
> on freebsd.org and intend to look into contributing in a couple of the ways
> listed there. However, my main interest is contributing a port to the ports
> collection.
>
> Specifically, I want to add WordShell (http://wordshell.net/) to the FreeBSD
> ports collection. I want to install it for myself, and I generally don't
> like using software outside of some sort of software manager wherein I can
> keep everything neatly up-to-date.
>
> How would I get started in adding something to the ports collection?

The porter's manual[1] is the place to start learning ;)

[1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/book.html

Cheers.

>
> Thanks,
> Stu
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