Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:19:15 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: John Norman Durlop <siczora@hotmail.com> Cc: timur@gnu.org Subject: Re: net/samba3 port sorely outdated! Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0408231616030.24379-100000@pancho> In-Reply-To: <BAY10-DAV15ggUMUoaQ00023f34@hotmail.com>
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> When are you planning to update the net/samba3 port to version 3.0.6, > "maintainer"? While we have a number of problems with maintainers not maintaining their ports properly, this isn't the right approach to fixing the problem. Remember that all ports maintainers are volunteers -- the few people that get paid to work on FreeBSD full- or part-time are working in the source tree, not the ports tree. The better way to solve this problem is to send a PR with a patch to update the port with the latest version that builds on -current. If the maintainer does not respond after two weeks, it's fair game for someone else to commit the PR. If the maintainer does not update a port for more than a few months, maintainership can be assigned to someone else. mcl
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