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Date:      Fri, 14 Mar 2014 12:01:56 +0100
From:      Michael Gmelin <freebsd@grem.de>
To:        "marino@freebsd.org" <marino@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "ports@freebsd.org" <ports@freebsd.org>, =?utf-8?Q?Philippe_Aud=C3=A9oud?= <jadawin@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD ports you maintain which are out of date
Message-ID:  <E510362A-A8F1-42E3-B8EE-156F5DD022EA@grem.de>
In-Reply-To: <5322DEE3.6030604@marino.st>
References:  <201403140915.s2E9Fa8I009565@portscout.freebsd.org> <5322CB0E.7000908@marino.st> <20140314093036.GB17905@tuxaco.net> <5322DE4E.7090200@marino.st> <5322DEE3.6030604@marino.st>

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> On 14 Mar 2014, at 11:50, John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st> wrote:
>=20
>> On 3/14/2014 11:47, John Marino wrote:
>>> On 3/14/2014 10:30, Philippe Aud=C3=A9oud wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, John Marino wrote:
>>>>=20
>>>>> On 3/14/2014 10:15, portscout@FreeBSD.org wrote:
>>>>> Port                                            | Current version | Ne=
w version
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+---=
---------
>>>>> games/doomsday                                  | 1.12.2          | 1.=
14.0-build1168
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------+-----------------+---=
---------
>>>>=20
>>>> This port squawks constantly.
>>>> Can we either get the last submitter to take it over or put it on the
>>>> to-be-killed list?  Or tell portscout to ignore it?  Too much noise on
>>>> already high volume channel.
>>>>=20
>>>> John
>>>=20
>>> Hello John,
>>>=20
>>> games/doomsday is maintained by ports@.
>>=20
>> Right -- that's why portscout is bombarding the ports@ mail list.  If it
>> were maintained we wouldn't see it.
>>=20
>>> games/doomsday is maintained by ports@. Feel free to make it as ignored
>>> for portscout.
>>=20
>> Is this the general understanding?  Anytime any committer gets annoyed
>> with high-frequency portscout squawks on ports@ we just disable it
>> without asking?
>=20
> I thought I caught this before it went out.
> I wanted to suggest that maybe portscout can not send any notice to
> ports@ by rule if the port is unmaintained.
>=20
> what about that?
> John

The Doomsday port is particularly bad, true. What about a lower frequency fo=
r those maintained by @ports (e.g. only first run of the month)? This way th=
ere's still a chance someone picks it up and updates it while we won't get s=
pammed constantly.




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