Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 09:59:03 +0300 From: Sergey Matveychuk <sem@ciam.ru> To: Clement Laforet <sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> Cc: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Want to create/maintain a port Message-ID: <3FCD89B7.1060600@ciam.ru> In-Reply-To: <20031202212027.4af0f412.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> References: <20031202130020.GA34672@sativa.0x45.org> <20031202153210.250e5ac7.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org> <20031202183931.GU27144@toxic.magnesium.net> <20031202212027.4af0f412.sheepkiller@cultdeadsheep.org>
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Clement Laforet wrote: >>>2. don't be scared to take over maintainership even if you don't >>>modify the port >> >>I'd be careful with that. There's a whole lot of maintainers who >>don't. Maintainership is a responsibility, not just a title. > > > You're right... but it quite hard to evaluate how involved a contributor > is. We should encourage people to do "worthless" works first(like > cleaning orphaned port) before assuming maintainership/submitting new ports. > OTOH, we have maintainers who don't drop their maintainership when they > can't find time/motivation to assume it. Don't forget how long to wait for maintainer timeout. So if he wants to take a port just for title, it'll be better to have no maintainer there. 2Vincent: Take a port if you really ready work with it. Remember, users want port to be worked, bugfixed, patched etc. without regard to your problems and free time. So if you take a port you take a responsibility for it. Be ready to sacrifice. --- Sem.
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