Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 10:41:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Ross Lippert <ripper@eskimo.com> To: darklogik@pittgoth.com Cc: anderson@centtech.com, blackend@FreeBSD.ORG, cjuniet@entreview.com, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/41106: FreeBSD Handbook lacks "Desktop Applications" chapter. Message-ID: <200208051741.KAA26883@eskimo.com> In-Reply-To: <3D4E9E06.8000201@pittgoth.com> (message from Tom Rhodes on Mon, 05 Aug 2002 11:47:18 -0400)
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>It sounds impossible with over 7000 ports and only around 100 port >committers. Considering feature changes when ports are updated, along Well, if every port was going to be mongered, then I'd agree. But what we're talking about here is a forum for people who use their ports and like some of those ports a lot to be able to give other users tips to how to get maximum benefit from them. I think part of the strength is that not all ports will be mongered. This lets other people know that the port has no love. And yes, versions do change, so the mongerings might become dated and broken, and maybe moderators must occassionally call upon the original authors to "fix it or it gets removed". I think a broken monger article, even if left in the mix, would be perceived as a lack of love. Say I want to try a port out, but he monger article is old, and worse yet, I follow its instructions and they don't work. Well, that tells me that whoever loves it doesn't love it enough to keep it up to date. >with the fact that a handful of people just don't use the ports they >Maintain, just make sure it builds ;) And this is a great thing and I appreciate them for that, and would not want them to have to take on anything more. I'm thinking more that the next time say, Greg Lehey writes a "trawling the ports collection" article, he might want to spend a couple minutes submitting a port-monger article (assuming he finds a port he feels is a real gem). >Lets not make the FreeBSD committer's jobs more difficult than they >already are :P Probably the biggest danger is unwanted email to the mongers to do more than maintain their article, like fielding all sorts of questions best answered on the developer's list. -r To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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