Can anyone tell me what the official means is to request a new package? We are an iSeries shop and I'd like to use tn5250 ( http:// tn5250.sourceforge.net/ ) on my Mac. I use it on my SLED workstation all the time. tn5250 is in FreeBSD ports so I'd assume it wouldn't be too difficult to get it into Macports. Any suggestions? Graci, Shawn
On Aug 7, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Shawn Protsman wrote:
Can anyone tell me what the official means is to request a new package? We are an iSeries shop and I'd like to use tn5250 ( http:// tn5250.sourceforge.net/ ) on my Mac. I use it on my SLED workstation all the time. tn5250 is in FreeBSD ports so I'd assume it wouldn't be too difficult to get it into Macports. Any suggestions?
There's no real official request channel. Since macports is run by volunteers in their spare time, a good bet is to do what you did (post here and hope someone else is interested). The best to make it happen is to write (and maintain) the Portfile yourself. It's pretty easy to do. Check out the old guide (http:// geeklair.net/macports_guide/) the new guide [in progress] (http:// geeklair.net/new_macports_guide) as well as the portfile man page (and it often helps to look at other ports to get ideas on how to do things). -- Daniel J. Luke +========================================================+ | *---------------- dluke@geeklair.net ----------------* | | *-------------- http://www.geeklair.net -------------* | +========================================================+ | Opinions expressed are mine and do not necessarily | | reflect the opinions of my employer. | +========================================================+
On Aug 7, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Daniel J. Luke wrote:
On Aug 7, 2007, at 2:50 PM, Shawn Protsman wrote:
Can anyone tell me what the official means is to request a new package? We are an iSeries shop and I'd like to use tn5250 ( http://tn5250.sourceforge.net/ ) on my Mac. I use it on my SLED workstation all the time. tn5250 is in FreeBSD ports so I'd assume it wouldn't be too difficult to get it into Macports. Any suggestions?
There's no real official request channel. Since macports is run by volunteers in their spare time, a good bet is to do what you did (post here and hope someone else is interested).
The best to make it happen is to write (and maintain) the Portfile yourself. It's pretty easy to do. Check out the old guide (http:// geeklair.net/macports_guide/) the new guide [in progress] (http:// geeklair.net/new_macports_guide) as well as the portfile man page (and it often helps to look at other ports to get ideas on how to do things).
Hi Daniel, Thanks for the info. When I can get some spare time I'll look into creating the port file. --Shawn
Shawn Protsman <protsman@mac.com> writes:
Can anyone tell me what the official means is to request a new package? We are an iSeries shop and I'd like to use tn5250 ( http:// tn5250.sourceforge.net/ ) on my Mac. I use it on my SLED workstation all the time. tn5250 is in FreeBSD ports so I'd assume it wouldn't be too difficult to get it into Macports. Any suggestions?
When I can get some spare time I'll look into creating the port file.
Shaun, This appears to be a really easy one. Can you test it? Drop the attached Portfile somewhere on your disk, cd to the same directory, and execute "sudo port install". Let us know if the app works ok and if so we'll commit it. If you'd like to be the port maintainer that'd be great too. Mark
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