I know what Haiku ports is. Wow 20 members. Impressive. I know how to patch. On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 4:31 PM, scottmc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> If it is yes, I think Haiku needs to put in place a strategy for package >> creation that involves the community. >> Something like what the Debian Project does. >> Multiple people could compile and package applications they have >> volunteered to take responsibility for. >> But only as much as they can manage. >> >> > We do this, it's called HaikuPorts (http://www.haikuports.org). We have > 20+ members who make package recipes. If you can't figure out all the > minute details we have a mailing list there as well where you can ask > questions. If you are still stumped and don't want to lose the work you > have put into it you can create a new issue there and attach you work to it > and maybe someone will pick it up and help you out, or finish the work. > > We participated in Google Code-In the last four years and in each of those > years we've have several 13-17 yr old students come into the project > knowing little about HaikuPortes/Haikuporter. They not only read through > the docs, but figure out how to put working recipes together. So it can be > done. If the docs are still lacking they can be improved, it's a wiki. > > -scottmc > > >