Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 16:21:46 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> To: Bill Fumerola <billf@mu.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make Makefile Message-ID: <20010315162146.A51975@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20010315175821.D362@elvis.mu.org>; from billf@mu.org on Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 05:58:21PM -0600 References: <200103151033.f2FAX1q89921@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010315135546.A50505@dragon.nuxi.com> <20010315175821.D362@elvis.mu.org>
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On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 05:58:21PM -0600, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> > This is PRECISELY the type of work that does not get done w/o a
> > maintainer because it isn't sexy nor fun.
>
> So its a medal? Can I be Sr. MAINTAINER or does it go on to Lt. MAINTAINER?
Sure, if you take on the responsibility of continuing to do the work in
the future and process make(1) PRs. Looking at the /usr/src commit logs
for he past 4 months, it doesn't look like you particularly spend much
time committing. So I'm sorry, your position doesn't hold as much weight
with me as others.
> The work can be done with or without the shiny badge and the work isn't
> hindered by someone else going in and fixing bugs. There is no reason
> for a maintainer for make(1).
Maintainership isn't just a medal. It is a covenant with the project to
maintain and give care & feeding to something. A responsibility comes
with it. If the maintainer wants to be consulted or part of, any changes
to the maintained area; I don't see what is wrong with that.
Perhaps you should take some time to understand why Will put a MAINTAINER
on make(1). It seems a whole lot of people want anarchy where they can
have a little fun, make a drive-by commit, and go off to the next thing
of pleasure. I maintain that people that take on strong maintainership
of a FreeBSD component give more care and feeding then the drive-by's,
and deal with some of the lesser fun things in that area.
--
-- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX
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