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What does it take to get software added to FreeBSD official ports system?

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Check out the FreeBSD "Porter's Handbook" at freeBSD.org.

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  1. A contributer to make a port and submit a PR (see the link to the Porters Handbook)
  2. A committer interested in the PR that commits it, this can take quite some time, since there is a huge backlog.
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