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From: "Sergey A. Osokin" <osa@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: maintainer timeout?
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On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 11:45:00PM -0500, Jon Noack wrote:
> How long should one wait on a maintainer?

>From 1 week to 1 year :-) No limit.

> I've emailed them directly 
> and they said they would take care of updating the port "tonight".  That 
> was 5 days ago.  The latest version of the software was released almost 
> 2 months ago, and fixed major stability issues.  A whole host of vendor 
> patches have been released *since then* that have fixed 2 Major (vendor 
> terms), 4 Medium, and various other issues.  There have been several 
> outstanding PRs that are several weeks old and one that is 4 months old 
> (although it is for the version currently in the port, not the latest 
> version).

Please, tell PR numbers.

> There was a previous commit by a non-maintainer after a ~3 month timeout 
> (same maintainer).  I'm not sure I have the expertise to take over the 
> port, but I don't know what else to do now.

So, please submit a PR for change maintainership from current maintainer
to you and describe this problem.

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