From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 31 01:49:00 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD32C1065670 for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:49:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (lefty.soaustin.net [66.135.55.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B02BD8FC0A for ; Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:49:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 2D8258C06F; Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:49:00 -0500 (CDT) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:49:00 -0500 From: Mark Linimon To: Peter Jeremy Message-ID: <20090331014900.GA24235@lonesome.com> References: <20090325090758.1015bc2a@scorpio> <20090326100430.GI56137@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090326100430.GI56137@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Updating the "Mailscanner" port X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:49:01 -0000 On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 09:04:30PM +1100, Peter Jeremy wrote: > If the existing maintainer has disappeared, one option would be for > you to take over maintainership: Upgrade mailscanner yourself and > submit the upgrade as a PR that also transfers maintainership to > youself. If there's no response after about 2 weeks, the port is yours. Actually, there is a 2-week timeout on updates, but a 3-month timeout on maintainer inactivity for transferring maintainership. Vacations can last more than 2 weeks :-) mcl