Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 20:13:40 +0100 From: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Cc: vd@FreeBSD.org, "Ion-Mihai \"IOnut\" Tetcu" <itetcu@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, nivo+sender+0820bd@is-root.com Subject: Re: How to construct this port? Message-ID: <1167333220.33826.5.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> In-Reply-To: <20061228140229.47a7a8ff.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> References: <4593AB3D.5090107@is-root.com> <20061228122828.GA8473@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> <20061228123616.GA8652@qlovarnika.bg.datamax> <20061228145728.4f13fa4a@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <4594049E.2040404@mac.com> <20061228203313.0752d58e@it.buh.tecnik93.com> <20061228140229.47a7a8ff.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com>
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--=-l/lYNj43XgX6A5mjR05P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Bill Moran p=ED=B9e v =E8t 28. 12. 2006 v 14:02 -0500: > In response to "Ion-Mihai \"IOnut\" Tetcu" <itetcu@FreeBSD.org>: > > However banning a hole country isn't a tradeoff in my book, it's just > > plain [inset_the_word_here]. And sine it's giving a 5XX code there's > > really no way to reach the person in question. > Besides, it's _his_ mailserver. He has the right to accept to deny mail > as he sees fit. Trying to tell him otherwise is like trying to tell me t= hat > I have to eat a certain type of food. > > The problem is that, IMHO, this kind of rejecting affects us all as I > > think that being a port maintainer implies receiving and replying to > > users' email. >=20 > No, it doesn't. "Port maintainer" is a volunteer position. If you start > dictating too many things about what they must and must not do, you're > going to run short of willing volunteers. Ugh, actually, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing-ports/main= tain-port.html reads in a section Maintainer _responsibilities_, quote: 5.2.4 Providing support Part of being a maintainer is providing support -- not for the software in general -- but for the port and any FreeBSD-specific quirks and problems. Users may contact you with questions, suggestions, problems and patches. Most of the time their correspondence will be specific to FreeBSD. So that reads as exact opposite of what you wrote. You may want to adjust your attitude here :) --=20 Pav Lucistnik <pav@oook.cz> <pav@FreeBSD.org> Alignment: Neutral Greedy --=-l/lYNj43XgX6A5mjR05P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Toto je =?UTF-8?Q?digit=C3=A1ln=C4=9B?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_podepsan=E1?= =?UTF-8?Q?_=C4=8D=C3=A1st?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_zpr=E1vy?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBFlBdkntdYP8FOsoIRAmGjAKCVHJ3arOYIV2Q3Ht8b4ux3/baumwCfXt9G +RaIbxtYqncuVl8PPzywOiw= =rNsj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-l/lYNj43XgX6A5mjR05P--
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