Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 23:11:13 -0500 From: "David W. Chapman Jr." <dwcjr@inethouston.net> To: <clefevre@citeweb.net>, <dwcjr@FreeBSD.org>, "Maxim Sobolev" <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <ports@FreeBSD.org>, <will@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ports/30497: ftp.freesoftware.com no longer exists Message-ID: <025201c155f8$98314260$fe0c4042@inethouston.net> References: <200110160349.GAA35734@ipcard.iptcom.net>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Maxim Sobolev" <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: <clefevre@citeweb.net>; <dwcjr@FreeBSD.org> Cc: <ports@FreeBSD.org>; <will@FreeBSD.org> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 10:49 PM Subject: Re: ports/30497: ftp.freesoftware.com no longer exists > On Tue, 16 Oct 2001 03:35:59 +0200 (CEST), Cyrille Lefevre wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've just seen that PR #30497 was closed on Sep 23 2001. > > as a contributor, I didn't receive any email about this! > > > > unfortunately, I'm surprise that a 3+ days goes to the trash! > > > > yes, the fix you apply was just to remove any occurences of > > freesoftware.com while the one I supply fix number of ports > > in one way or another. One reason yours was most likely not committed, is because its not simply a site change, its updating ports which requires maintainer approval. You also added id tags to pkg-plist files which I believe portmgr@ has not thought highly of so far. I understand your frustration, but the minimum is the easiest to do when you are overworked and volunteer. Wouldn't you rather the minimum than nothing at all? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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