Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 09:44:56 -0800 From: Chris Maness <chris@chrismaness.com> To: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port Maintainer? Message-ID: <441C4718.2000206@chrismaness.com> In-Reply-To: <20060317020920.GB19635@soaustin.net> References: <441A159D.7010406@chrismaness.com> <20060317020920.GB19635@soaustin.net>
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Mark Linimon wrote: > On Thu, Mar 16, 2006 at 05:49:17PM -0800, Chris Maness wrote: > >> How does a person go about finding out if a port is being maintained? >> > > The canonical answer is cd <portname>;make maintainer but I only include > that for completeness since you probably already know that. > > To find out if it is being _actively_ maintained, you can pull up the > GNATS search page, enter the category/portname, and click 'closed reports > too'. Also, checking the CVS web page will reveal information. > > portsmon only keeps track of current PRs and ignores closed ones but you > can at least see if there is a backlog. portsmon's algorithm for assigning > PR to portname is far better than using the GNATS search, which depends on > submitters correctly inserting the category/portname into the Synopsis. > > >> or if the maintainer seems to be asleep at the wheel, what is the most >> tactful way to wake him up? I have tried e-mailing the maintainer with >> no results. >> > > The correct thing to do is this case is to email portmgr@FreeBSD.org off-list > and it's our duty to find out what's going on. > > mcl > Thanks for the response, it looks like the port maintainer finally fixed the problem though he never returned my e-mail. Another user was also trying to get in touch, but no response. In the future, who do you notify if a maintainer seems to be unresponsive?
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