Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 23:49:01 -0400 From: Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Port Submission Etiquette Message-ID: <20080507034901.GA21007@shepherd> In-Reply-To: <200805061908.03014.beech@freebsd.org> References: <20080507010905.GB20243@shepherd> <200805061908.03014.beech@freebsd.org>
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* Beech Rintoul <beech@freebsd.org> [2008-05-06 19:07:57 -0800]: > On Tuesday 06 May 2008, Sahil Tandon said: > > I would like to submit a new port which "RUN_DEPENDS" another port; > > the latter did not exist in the tree, so I submitted it > > (ports/123382) on May 4. I fully appreciate the committers' various > > responsibilities and time constraints, so this is not a 'hey, > > what's taking you so long' query. Since this was my first > > submission, I am just trying to get a sense of proper etiquette. > > Is it bad form to email the committer who took responsibility of > > the PR asking whether I've made a glaring mistake which would be > > fixable via a follow-up? Or should I simply wait for a "feedback" > > request if that were the case? > > > > Thanks. > > Since I'm the committer in question, I'll go ahead and answer. First > of all you just submitted this port two days ago and I haven't had > time to look at it yet. While it's always ok to email the committer > responsible with questions or concerns, the general rule is to give > them time to work on it. Most committers are fairly prompt in their > handling of pr's, but since we are all volunteers sometimes real life > issues supersede. I think giving the committer a couple of weeks > before following up is probably a good idea. Also, in general, new > ports don't carry the same priority as fixes or updates, but that > doesn't maen they should languish indefinately either. As > for "glaring mistakes" if I find a serious problem with a port I will > always email the submitter with either a fix or asking for further > input. While there is no set policy on this, most committers will let > you know if something isn't right or the port doesn't build. So > please be patient and I will get to it as soon as I can. > > Hope that answers your question :-) It does, thank you; and as I tried (perhaps insufficiently) to convey in my previous message, I do appreciate that the FreeBSD community is comprised of volunteers. I would hope real life always supersedes. :-) I noticed my trivial patch was committed swiftly, so your comment about (logical) priorities rings true. -- Sahil Tandon <sahil@tandon.net>
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