Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:52:28 -0500 From: John Marino <cbssports@marino.st> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>, marino@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r422114 - head/misc/fortune_strfile Message-ID: <7c0af911-8103-bfaf-65cd-da6f490c0137@marino.st> In-Reply-To: <26e04c98-fb1c-b7fa-0551-d1d7048a267e@FreeBSD.org> References: <201609140545.u8E5jeBH058686@repo.freebsd.org> <eb09770a-b234-f889-2f2c-d6127ab76cc7@FreeBSD.org> <40537f68-1d2b-194c-55d5-b133d743ed3e@marino.st> <9063296a-9793-4cb3-1857-f5baf51cfbee@FreeBSD.org> <51b77b4e-8061-e183-ec68-d434d50bd0b2@marino.st> <26e04c98-fb1c-b7fa-0551-d1d7048a267e@FreeBSD.org>
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On 9/14/2016 08:41, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > Le 14/09/2016 à 14:27, John Marino a écrit : >> >> But this is NOT an error. You see it as a violation of the "spirit" >> of the policy, but it's not a violation of the policy itself. If you >> think there should be a minimum ownership period then work on >> adjusting the policy (through consensus hopefully). I met the >> requirements and it was all very intentionally on my part, no error at >> all, and certainly not without precedent. > > And you are ranting with legalese talk again. Our policies are for > normal people, not lawyers, and thus, require you to extrapolate a bit > and use common sense. > This is why, for example, the porter's handbook is 350 pages long, not > 25000, with 42 annexes. > > Now, to the subject at hand, new ports must have a maintainer, in this > case, you did not follow the policy, it is a new port, and it does not > have maintainer. > I followed the "law". I maintained the port long enough to ensure that it fulfilled its purpose. Lawyers and judges exist for a reason, to interpret badly written laws and policies. Again, if there is a MINIMUM time to maintain a port, please add it to the policy. And yes, you're welcome for the unsolicited but beneficial work that I did on fortune ports that neither interest nor concern me. Geez. John --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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