Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:35:40 -0500 From: Bryan Drewery <bdrewery@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD Ports <ports@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Alberto Villa <avilla@FreeBSD.org>, Olli Hauer <ohauer@FreeBSD.org>, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>, Michael Scheidell <scheidell@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: MAINTAINER lines and Real Names Message-ID: <504FE6EC.8050903@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <504FCA11.9000302@FreeBSD.org> References: <CADLo83925NLoD_-hAvUp7V8o6CAhqRQPcC_qrY3hEtEJc%2B%2B_fQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJp7RHZqdAh47iF5C7NQRYadLPWroHcjVDE_%2BptMOZ99eX7JYw@mail.gmail.com> <CAHrWK2nrLzg4ebLbgoydZ%2BfFst2jx_zvDL8BQMjv64-vk5OQFg@mail.gmail.com> <504FCA11.9000302@FreeBSD.org>
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On 9/11/2012 6:32 PM, Olli Hauer wrote: > On 2012-09-12 00:50, Michael Scheidell wrote: >> Like with Apache, x 11, or perl? >> Trying to get something there committed it's like pulling tiger teeth with >> a pair of pliers. return I agree multiple maintainers is a bad idea. >> If someone is technical enough to want to maintain that, they can always >> use an alias it goes to a group. >> Oh, were talking to Apache x 11 or Perl again >> I see the proposal less about *FreeBSD Ports Teams* and more about *Non-FreeBSD* groups. We can only blame ourselves for having non-responsive teams, or having *mailing lists* be maintainers. I see the benefit here more about allowing us to commit PR from any of the listed addresses, as well as allow end-users to have more *people* to contact. > > > I see no reason for having multiple MAINTAINERS. > Commit with implicit and if you like give a statement > http://wiki.freebsd.org/MaintainerNotes about co-maintaining. > > I already wiped my eyes on this commit > http://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=304107 This is less about implicit approval, and more about having more support contact for end-users. There's nothing stopping anyone from doing this in other pors, why not make it standard for 'make maintainer' to list these people. There's no harm. > > Or as Alberto already explained the reasons for a team form one. > > @Michael > Trolling or experience? > > $> query-pr -c ports -r apache -y scheidel -q > query-pr: no PRs matched > > $> query-pr -c ports -r perl -y scheidel -q > oh, found two PR's for 4.11 and 5.5 > > $> query-pr -c ports -r x11 -y scheidel -q > query-pr: no PRs matched > > > -- > Regards, > olli > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Regards, Bryan Drewery bdrewery@freenode/EFNet
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