[freshports-coders] Getting started with FreshPorts admin

[Dan Langille]

Hello,

I've been putting out notices that I need to start involving others in the maintenance and upkeep of FreshPorts. Some reached out, and I suggested this old mailing list. 

At least one person sent me an ssh-key, and I've lost track of who that was.

What's up first: learning the structure and getting things updated.  Just 'pkg upgrade' and 'freebsd-update fetch install'.  Those commands are straight forward, but knowing which services to shutdown when updating the database server, etc... that's the kind of information which needs to be passed on.

Others will need to take the lead on this. I'm happy to answer questions, but I cannot devote time to driving the delegation and discovery. 

We have a host we can practice on, without affecting production: r720-02 - it's at NYI.net in New York.

First step: speak up, tell us you're here. Nobody will be asked to do stuff they aren't comfortable with. I'm happy to run screen share sessions over Zoom/Google/etc to demonstrate and teach.

Thanks.
— 
Dan Langille
http://langille.org/