Re: Code::Blocks Maintainer

Hi Glen,

On 10/13/25 04:31PM, Glen Walker wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have recently been building Code::Blocks 25 on GhostBSD and will be 
> building it on FreeBSD shortly and noticed that when I installed the 
> Ports/pkg version that the package currently doesn't have a maintainer 
> and is the older version 20.
>
> If it is still the case that this application needs a maintainer I'd 
> like to offer my services to become the maintainer and work to update 
> from the old Code::Blocks 20 to the current 25 version.
>
> Please let me know what I can do to help. 

First steps would be to check out the Porter's Handbook [0] and begin 
working on updating the port.

Once you get a working updated port, submit a PR [1] for the port update 
and request to be the maintainer (while also adding yourself as the 
maintainer in the Makefile).

Thanks for stepping up!

[0] https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/
[1] https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/

-- 
Regards,
Janky Jay, III