How to suggest a package?

[Blair Zajac]

Johannes Kastl wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> On 6/4/09 7:51 PM Blair Zajac wrote:
> 
>> It's not terribly hard.  Read this:
>>
>> http://guide.macports.org/#development
>>
>> And if there is a port that does something similar to the one you want, you can 
>> copy your port off of it and modify it.
> 
> If I have got time maybe I try to dig into it. But as I do not have too
> much experience in packaging it might be difficult. We'll see.
> 
>> We prefer that people have communication over the mailing list or via Trac.
> 
> By Trac you mean Tickets, right?

Yes, at http://trac.macports.org/.

>> But because MacPorts is an open-source project and in my experience, most people 
>> contribute scratch their own itch and provide the ports that they are interested 
>> in or the features they want.  It's not like people get paid to get stuff done 
>> in here, so the way to get things done is to contribute work yourself.  Or offer 
>> to pay someone :)
> 
> Agreed, but in my experience most people are open to suggestions and
> "improvements". If you do not stamp your feet and say "I want this and
> that", but rather ask if it was possible.

True.  The style of delivery of a request makes a big difference in getting it 
done :)

Blair