From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 20:40:40 2012 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 D69091065677 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:40:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lists@eitanadler.com) Received: from mail-yx0-f182.google.com (mail-yx0-f182.google.com [209.85.213.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 864F28FC19 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:40:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yenl8 with SMTP id l8so1067009yen.13 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:40:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=eitanadler.com; s=0xdeadbeef; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=HYTzl5G7RtdTeivYWHF/8D10Ag9H8izI4U47SUSryF8=; b=g0Km2iUOqOff5AgR6HAoVz3xoHGRtU0EPaWdOxCB2r0oV0L7+aIszYw1Wo0vxRjxBJ Jg2DFSwBf0ATJ1NSzGKEIHz0TSXFMF8IDhytpABQQtQ3mv3Nojn02TTCNtZ4tKDk8CTm yZgPKtlEp2pSi9Q39SXmLqIixB96qeEwX9bHg= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=HYTzl5G7RtdTeivYWHF/8D10Ag9H8izI4U47SUSryF8=; b=J9KkC5zI7JLwjg86j7jS7vWExRsMnygdMQBuSj77HoxLhMU/i0BH4CLlqr0E4eZjLb eGfjZlnctMmWcIa5FIoHMK9NvLj9L6EqUgg/0RmJNPYtEZHUbG00JlNiFANgkEUi0Dmm DYdYyigWiU/IPp6XTTv8deGdGRMdLzYo6oABhpYO15LGIu7FvlzI2OQRyoLjP7z2p/SB 41XEJC4nBs8kMyQSGbX1tyGulmWAC6qc9bshPbUNsA9x+wsQHUrHPLN3vx29WDmHHGxu SR9F5CpWuCK9emERzgjSwxpfPRyDpjqCyqP50TUalGiK8F6NFOX9yd7zKdga22amyubV nhDg== Received: by 10.60.21.198 with SMTP id x6mr5413496oee.24.1342557640011; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:40:40 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.125.70 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:40:09 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20120717135334.Horde.7WrvSLuWis5QBVI_39tQcVA@webmail.df.eu> References: <50017C97.3050200@filez.com> <20120714192119.GA61563@vniz.net> <5001CB97.6070205@filez.com> <50054F6E.9040002@filez.com> <20120717135334.Horde.7WrvSLuWis5QBVI_39tQcVA@webmail.df.eu> From: Eitan Adler Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:40:09 -0700 Message-ID: To: Marcus von Appen Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQl2cUW1kicLEnYJRdHTBT8aCL6pIYtzXvGsHr5HpkN+58nnhlQ6L1ffPFb8ET86YGV1qHEq Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Radim Kolar Subject: Re: maintainer timeout for FreeBSD commiters 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: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:40:40 -0000 On 17 July 2012 04:53, Marcus von Appen wrote: > > Radim Kolar : > > >>> We *are* making progress in cutting through the backlog though. >> >> ports have about 900 open PR. Why it does not have more port commiters? >> Its difficult to recruit new person? > > > More committers does not mean that the backlog will be processed faster, > just as more developers on a project does not mean that the project is done > faster. ;-) Agreed. However, take a look at the commit bits granted in the past few months: http://www.freebsd.org/news/newsflash.html - we are growing. :) -- Eitan Adler