Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 15:59:47 -0200 From: William Grzybowski <william88@gmail.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net>, freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: If ports@ list continues to be used as substitute for GNATS, I'm unsubscribing Message-ID: <CAHtVNLNJYKncNWZU=O3NX=SkQjN_bzLPV%2BKjSLu62rWG0PD4ZQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgmq-q06b0A5b3xB1HTR7OEz0o8u-r7XoBatxj1uT0LncA@mail.gmail.com> References: <52B0D149.5020308@marino.st> <a3add66e970a9147306158ed45c1d29e@mail.0x20.net> <CAF6rxgmq-q06b0A5b3xB1HTR7OEz0o8u-r7XoBatxj1uT0LncA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> > wrote: > > Am 2013-12-17 23:33, schrieb John Marino: > > > >> Over the months I've seen several ports users copy a failure log and > >> mail it to ports@, usually without even saying "hello". I've tried to > >> discourage that behavior but other members of this mail list encourage > >> this method of bypassing writing PRs. One user even proudly boasted > >> that sending email to ports@ is faster than writing a PR so of course > he > >> was going to do that instead. > >> > > > > That only shows how badly GNATS sucks and that it's much more > uncomfortable > > to > > use than writing a mail. > > I totally agree that error need to be tracked in an error tracker where > > reports > > don't get lost, you have a proper history etc. pp. but GNATS is just > ancient > > and > > should have died in a fire a long time ago. > > Agreed. There is active work on moving to bugzilla instead of GNATS. > I can't give a definite timeline but it should be 'soon'. You're going on vacation. Who will be taking the lead of this change so we can refer to? Thanks. -- William Grzybowski ------------------------------------------ Curitiba/PR - Brasil
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