Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:54:23 +0100 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>, "Gary Jennejohn \(Home\)" <gljennjohn@googlemail.com>, rene@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: www/chromium MAINTAINER, was Re: chromium producing constant hdd access Message-ID: <201101181354.p0IDsNZd013552@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:21:19 EST." <20110118132119.GA34647@rex.goodking.ca>
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Hi, Reference: > From: Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@FreeBSD.org> > Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:21:19 -0500 > Message-id: <20110118132119.GA34647@rex.goodking.ca> Thomas Abthorpe wrote: > > --a8Wt8u1KmwUX3Y2C > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 01:13:19PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > Hi, > > Reference: > > > From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>=20 > > > Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:48:50 +0000=20 > > > Message-id: <20110118004850.GB17292@lonesome.com>=20 > >=20 > > Mark Linimon wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 08:12:40PM +0100, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > > > rene@ has ignored request to roll back. If rene@ resigns, > > > > MAINTAINER would revert to ports@freebsd.org so others could fix > > > > FreeBSD's current ports/www/chromium > > >=20 > > > Because of the legal questions surrounding chromium, > >=20 > > I know nothing of that. Just that a month ago it compiled, now it won't. > >=20 > > > portmgr will ensure > > > that it does not revert to ports@ :-) > > > mcl > >=20 > > So how about: > > Revert to something that will compile, with no MAINTAINER. > > Or delete port ? > > A port that=20 > > - wont build,=20 > > - the maintainer won't fix,=20 > > - has security issues,=20 > > - is legaly problematic > > - ports@ is scared of inheriting > > - that we can't fix by adding a _DEPENDS etc > > seems a waste of time & name space, > >=20 > > Cheers, > > Julian > <snip> > > I suggest you subscribe to > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chromium, and make > make your intentions known about what you can do to assist in getting a > more current version of Chromium tested, built and updated in ports. > > Porting a browser as complex as Chromium is a lot of work, takes a lot > of time, and requires a lot of attention to detail. > > A small group of us has been assisting Rene for a while now, and we have > decided it is now time to grow a FreeBSD Chromium Community. Within > this community we are hoping to find testers, coders, helpers, coders, > people with a general interest in Chromium, and did I mention coders? > > So please subscribe, make your inquiries, and as people come on board, > we will be able to do more to spread the word about Chromium for > FreeBSD. > > Thomas A MAINTAINER who does not maintain is not a maintainer. Makefile broke in the last month MAINTAINER rene@ should add a BUILD_DEPENDS or whatever, else resign & let someone else eg You Thomas become MAINTAINER Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey, BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail plain text; Not quoted-printable, or HTML or base 64. Avoid top posting, it cripples itemised cumulative responses.
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