From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 22 06:06:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5755E37B401; Thu, 22 May 2003 06:06:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx0.freebsd-services.com (survey.codeburst.net [195.149.39.161]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 077E943F75; Thu, 22 May 2003 06:06:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from paul@freebsd-services.com) Received: by mx0.freebsd-services.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id EB3AC1B211; Thu, 22 May 2003 14:06:00 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 14:06:00 +0100 From: Paul Richards To: Trevor Johnson Message-ID: <20030522130600.GA73907@survey.codeburst.net> References: <200305212345.h4LNjSNf068849@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030522101602.GA32104@huckfinn.arved.de> <20030522062336.O48018@blues.jpj.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030522062336.O48018@blues.jpj.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: Tilman Linneweh cc: cvs-ports@freebsd.org cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-wm/evilwm Makefile ports/x11-wm/openbox X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 13:06:05 -0000 On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:10:06AM -0400, Trevor Johnson wrote: > Tilman Linneweh wrote: > > > If you don't have the time to handle PRs for 6 months (evilwm) and 8 months > > (openbox), you should consider removing yourself from MAINTAINER. > > I think of it the opposite way--that dumping a port with open PRs onto > someone else is not a good thing. I have been mulling over dropping some > other ports, but I am still interested in these two. > > I am humbled to realize that you believe ports@freebsd.org does better > maintenance than I, and are willing to say so in public. There must be > many others who hold the same opinion of me, but have kept quiet. > > Have you ever waited a year, two years, or longer for PRs you've sent to > be committed? A change that I proposed in June of 2000 was just made this > month, for instance. I am used to this, but even so my patience has at > times run out and I've acted like a dork (hello, billf). Lately I try to > keep in mind that others may also have things going on in their lives > besides their work with FreeBSD. > > > Marking the ports FORBIDDEN, just because you don't have time, is not appropriate > > IMHO. > > I believe it is more appropriate than offering the user a port of some > code that only its author has looked at. This simply warns the user of > that fact. I think FORBIDDEN will stop it getting distributed on CD as well so it's more than just a warning. -- Paul Richards