Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 01:39:03 +0200 From: Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any update on PR www/172195: PR database corrupts patches? Message-ID: <20130602013903.54ffa1a4@bsd64.grem.de> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxg=njR8Cj6CAW1cZMHe1czNUuLH8xxkQwT=-5jKF19jVEA@mail.gmail.com> References: <20130601200332.3a8c3e62@bsd64.grem.de> <CAF6rxg=njR8Cj6CAW1cZMHe1czNUuLH8xxkQwT=-5jKF19jVEA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 00:21:55 +0200 Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> wrote: > On 1 June 2013 20:03, Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Since I'm about to file a PR containing a patch to a UTF-8 encoded > > source file this [1] will hit me once again. Could anybody check if > > there is a fix for this? > > I doubt this was fixed. We are working on moving to a different bug > system and this is where most of the focus lies now. > Wouldn't it make sense to close the PR right now, stating something like "we're migrating to bug system XYZ and therefore won't fix this problem, please send patches containing UTF-8 characters by linking to an external site in the meantime"?. On a different note, do you already know which bug system will be used and when it will be deployed? Where would I find information about such developments *early*? I spent over an hour last week explaining how to file bugs / open PRs for FreeBSD to a colleague, walking him through the process, hoping that he will contribute back his fixes in the future - I would like to prevent such waste of time (and money, not every contributor is a google summer of code college student) in the future. Don't get me wrong, I think upgrading - and cleaning up - the infrastructure is important and I really appreciate the innovation that happened in the last 12-15 months, especially the hard work of those making it happen. I just find myself puzzled trying to find the current source of information at any given time, since it seems to be scattered all over the place (wiki, website/RSS, mailing lists, blogs, github, social networks etc.). This makes it harder to contribute for people not familiar with the project and even those who (used to) know it have a hard time sometimes. Cheers, Michael -- Michael Gmelin
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