Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:19:34 +0400 From: "Sergey A. Osokin" <osa@FreeBSD.org> To: Jon Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: maintainer timeout? Message-ID: <20030721081934.GQ1413@freebsd.org.ru> In-Reply-To: <3F1B6FCC.8010700@alumni.rice.edu> References: <3F1B6FCC.8010700@alumni.rice.edu>
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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. -- Rgdz, /"\ ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN Sergey Osokin aka oZZ, \ / AGAINST HTML MAIL http://ozz.pp.ru/ X AND NEWS / \
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