Bug 269533

Summary:	emulators/hercules: update request
Product:	Ports & Packages	Reporter:	Rich Gannon <rich>
Component:	Individual Port(s)	Assignee:	freebsd-ports-bugs (Nobody) <ports-bugs>
Status:	Open ---
Severity:	Affects Only Me	CC:	fernape
Priority:	---
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any
URL:	https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion

Description Rich Gannon 2023-02-13 19:04:03 UTC

Forgive me for my ignorance, I have never submitted a FreeBSD bug/PR, never updated or made a Port, and am generally new to this process.

With that said, this request comes with a bit of background of changes over the years of the software.

Hercules' original branch appears to be no longer maintained.  The maintainers create a development branch for Hercules 4.x with a codename of "Hyperion."  A release candidate was released in 2016 and there has been little development on this branch since, leading to abandonment (https://hercules-390.github.io/html/ , https://github.com/hercules-390/hyperion).

The Hercules 4.0 "Hyperion" branch has been cloned by SoftwareDevLabs (SDL) and continues active community development continues through this SDL branch (https://sdl-hercules-390.github.io/html/ , https://github.com/SDL-Hercules-390/hyperion).

I am hoping someone can get this Port updated, or perhaps a new port specific to the SDL branch ("hercules-sdl" or "hyperion-sdl"?) which has has significant development since the currently available hercules-3.13 Port.

I am happy to be a beta tester any work on this Port.

Comment 1 Fernando Apesteguía freebsd_committer

2023-02-14 17:13:12 UTC

Hi Rich,

The port has no maintainer and hence it is more unlikely to get updates. All the information on how to proceed is in https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/porters-handbook/book/

Would like to try and submit a patch?