Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 02:32:55 +0000 From: "Gary J. Hayers" <gary@hayers.org> To: "marino@freebsd.org" <marino@freebsd.org> Cc: Big Lebowski <spankthespam@gmail.com>, "marino@freebsd.org" <marino@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is the problem with ports PR reaction delays? Message-ID: <75CD14E1-DF0F-4085-821A-3C461BCF8B72@hayers.org> In-Reply-To: <52E30990.2060903@marino.st> References: <CAHcXP%2Bf6e-t--XbQPTH1goJp_CL7P=zTj5trZVWd4YZ_EsO9gw@mail.gmail.com> <52E2FA36.5080106@marino.st> <CAHcXP%2BfRDeKXjz0_sifgzeXC2dA-eDnoV5NH1yvF2D6R8JRmAg@mail.gmail.com> <52E303CB.6020304@marino.st> <CAHcXP%2Be9p2HrQ=M9HmPecMbWtXRuYPzH9kwfLGqgdrUrhvLuEA@mail.gmail.com> <52E30990.2060903@marino.st>
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On 25 Jan 2014, at 00:47, John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st> wrote: >=20 >> On 1/25/2014 01:36, Big Lebowski wrote: >> I was hoping to get some discussion revealing how the work is organized >> around ports PR, perhaps some ideas on improving them and I hoped that >> people who can make decisions and changes would notice it and consider >> them, since as they say, the squeeky wheel gets the grease, that's all. A= t >> no point I insisted on forcing anyone to anything, and I dont think that'= s >> neither only nor a viable solution. >>=20 >> It seems obvious that current process doesnt work very well, then I'd aim= >> at reorganizing that process - it appears that there is no roles specifie= d, >> so the responsibility is blurred, and when everyone is responsible for on= e >> thing, in practice no one is. Perhaps role assignment could be of any hel= p? >=20 > I'm not trying to be a jerk, but surely I'm coming off that way. > Again, nobody is obligated to accept any assignment. They have to > volunteer to do it. The only person that The Big Lebowski can influence > here is himself. >=20 > Thus, are you volunteering for this role? =20 That's a role I would happily volunteer to do.=20 > It's not my call, but if you > really want to do clean out and triage the all PRs on an ongoing basis, > my guess is that would be very welcome and we'd figure out a way to set > that up. It would definitely help, especially for those maintainer that > "approve" patches but the PRs never get opened (or set to a better state > than "open"). Perhaps triage of all new (and existing PRs until caught up) is the way to g= o.=20 > At some point we'll have a new PR system, that fact might be having an > impact on current PRs=20 -- Regards,=20 Gary J. Hayers=20
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