Subject: Re: Questions about submitting new packages
To: Rob Hoopman <uithuis@dds.nl>
From: Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 06/25/2001 17:05:57
> - Can I just put them up on the web somewhere and send-pr them?

I guess so. see below.


> - Can I use packages@netbsd.org <mailto:packages@netbsd.org> as 
> maintainer, or do I need to put myself in there?

As packages@ can be treated as an alias for /dev/null, I recommend putting
your own address there. 


> - As I only have some i386 I can test these on they probably need some 
> testing on other platforms?
> Should I use ONLY_FOR_PLATFOM as long as I haven't had confirmation they 
> run on other platforms?

Do not put ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM there. If you need/want testers, post to some
lists (tech-pkg, port-*). ONLY_FOR_PLATFORM should only be set if the pkg
*really* can only run on a limited number of platforms. 

If it's set without no good reason, people won't bother trying it. 


> - Furthermore pkglint is swearing like a sailor when I run it on the 
> php4-sablot package
> It does the same for php4-pgsql and others, so I guess this should be ok 
> anyway?

I guess so, assuming your pkg works otherwise, and looks sort of like the
php4-pgsql pkg etc. See pkgsrc/Packages.txt for some techniques to see if
the pkg is ok (deinstalls fine, ...).


 - Hubert

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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@informatik.fh-regensburg.de>