From: Tomy Martin Grinberg <tomy.martin.grinberg@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NEW PORT] lang/ferrum - Ferrum-language compiler 0.3.0
To: ports@openbsd.org
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:55:30 -0300

  To: ports@openbsd.org


 Subject: Re: [NEW PORT] lang/ferrum - Ferrum-language compiler 0.3.0


 Hello Janne,


 Thank you for the detailed review. I want to be upfront about something:


 I am 11 years old and I built Ferrum with the help of Claude Code (an AI
 assistant). I did not have a working OpenBSD machine to test the original


 port before submitting it, which was wrong of me.




 I have addressed all three issues you raised:



 1. The website has been corrected. The false apt/dnf/Snap/Flatpak claims


    have been removed and replaced with honest "under review" or "coming
    soon" labels.



 2. The package name clash with FerrumC (Minecraft server) has been fixed.


    The binary is now called "ferrum" everywhere (CMakeLists.txt, CI,
    driver).



 3. Here is a corrected, source-based port that builds from the upstream


    tarball:


 --- lang/ferrum/Makefile ---
 # $OpenBSD$



 COMMENT =             compiler for the Ferrum programming language



 DISTNAME =            Ferrum-0.3.0


 PKGNAME =             ferrum-0.3.0
 CATEGORIES =          lang devel



 HOMEPAGE =            https://github.com/Ferrum-Language/Ferrum



 MAINTAINER =          Tomy Martin Grinberg <tomy.martin.grinberg@gmail.com>



 # GNU General Public License v3.0


 PERMIT_PACKAGE =      Yes


 WANTLIB +=            c c++ m z


 MASTER_SITES =
https://github.com/Ferrum-Language/Ferrum/archive/refs/tags/


 DISTFILES =           v0.3.0${EXTRACT_SUFX}


 # The GitHub archive extracts to Ferrum-0.3.0/ (capitalised repository
name)


 WRKDIST =             ${WRKDIR}/Ferrum-0.3.0




 MODULES +=            devel/cmake


 BUILD_DEPENDS +=      devel/ninja



 # Build only the compiler driver; skip the test suite


 CONFIGURE_ARGS +=             \
       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \


       -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_LibEdit=TRUE



 # Build only the driver, not the tests


 do-build:
       cd ${WRKBUILD} && cmake --build . --target ferrum -j${MAKE_JOBS}




 do-install:
       ${INSTALL_PROGRAM} ${WRKBUILD}/ferrum ${PREFIX}/bin/ferrum


       ${INSTALL_DATA_DIR} ${PREFIX}/share/doc/ferrum


       ${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKDIST}/LICENSE
${PREFIX}/share/doc/ferrum/COPYING




 .include <bsd.port.mk>



 --- lang/ferrum/DESCR ---


 Ferrum is a compiled, statically typed, memory-safe systems programming
 language named after the chemical symbol for iron (Fe).




 The compiler performs borrow checking and lifetime analysis at compile


 time to prevent use-after-free and data races without a garbage


 collector.  Code generation is handled by LLVM.




 --- lang/ferrum/pkg/PLIST ---


 bin/ferrum


 share/doc/ferrum/COPYING



 distinfo for v0.3.0.tar.gz:


 SHA256 = 3a6f76e2c3a9cbb6b89910fca1d5d5c09f8074da2bbb233299e91c022e2f26d6
 SIZE   = 94231




 I understand if this is still not ready for inclusion. I am happy to fix


 any remaining issues.




 Thank you for your patience.

 Tomy Martin Grinberg