From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 22 05:26:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 32DAB106567A for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:26:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from corky1951@comcast.net) Received: from qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net (qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net [76.96.62.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1EF48FC0C for ; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:26:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta23.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.74]) by qmta05.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id a5Re1f0011c6gX8555Stba; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:26:53 +0000 Received: from comcast.net ([98.203.142.76]) by omta23.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id a5Sr1f0011f6R9u3j5Srby; Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:26:53 +0000 Received: by comcast.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:26:49 -0800 Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:26:49 -0800 From: Charlie Kester To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20101122052649.GA61979@comcast.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <4CE7EC0D.9000203@a1poweruser.com> <4CE969B6.90900@kc8onw.net> <201011211909.23708.beech@akherb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201011211909.23708.beech@akherb.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 1.5.20 X-Composer: Vim 7.2 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Subject: PR's not being picked up (Was Re: becoming a port committor) X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 05:26:53 -0000 On Sun 21 Nov 2010 at 20:09:23 PST Beech Rintoul wrote: > >That is correct, although it is possible to use a unified diff with the "-N" >flag against a non existent source. The problem is too many contributors send >in update pr's in shar format which are a real PITA to deal with from our end. > >You may notice that many pr's aren't picked up by committers for just >that reason. In such cases, does the submitter receive any communication explaining the reasons his PR isn't getting worked on? E.g., why not send an email requesting resubmission in the proper format? Many of the of oldest unassigned but still-open PR's show no evidence that they've even been looked at by a committer. There are no entries beyond the original one. How can we know which PR's were rejected/not picked up for some reason and which ones were genuinely overlooked?