Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 12:45:50 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> Cc: freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: If ports@ list continues to be used as substitute for GNATS, I'm unsubscribing Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmq-q06b0A5b3xB1HTR7OEz0o8u-r7XoBatxj1uT0LncA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a3add66e970a9147306158ed45c1d29e@mail.0x20.net> References: <52B0D149.5020308@marino.st> <a3add66e970a9147306158ed45c1d29e@mail.0x20.net>
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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'. -- Eitan Adler
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