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Date:      Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:08:14 +0000
From:      Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To:        Kevin Bowling <kevin.bowling@kev009.com>
Cc:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Kevin Bowling <kbowling@freebsd.org>, Po-Chuan Hsieh <sunpoet@freebsd.org>, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org, ports-committers <ports-committers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: git: 69c9420a212a - main - news/inn-CURRENT: New port to follow CURRENT snaps
Message-ID:  <20210612110814.GA12205@lonesome.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAK7dMtBfmzkkH6%2BH65be_P2g4Lf0YRmEqFjOOWZdVDpJEm5t1A@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <202106120054.15C0stWJ075154@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <CAMHz58Qj0-zMocZw0WFVJzQvfSrfaY=cK%2BUnauiU==4kKE1zMQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAK7dMtA1wH3kAnYsobpZFr0orLYWgsLxDgXL2cHOr9DLxJt1xg@mail.gmail.com> <YMRuyKDxUlESzror@FreeBSD.org> <CAK7dMtBfmzkkH6%2BH65be_P2g4Lf0YRmEqFjOOWZdVDpJEm5t1A@mail.gmail.com>

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On Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 01:54:19AM -0700, Kevin Bowling wrote:
> There are several prominent -current ports, so are you proposing yet
> another level of mental gymnastics to erase information?

There are none with capital CURRENT.

> sounds like a textbook cargo cult used to bludgeon contributors.

Or, "we have years worth of doing it one particular way, that is
part of what we assume ports committers become familiar with during
their mentorship process".

If you phrase it that way, it takes away the assumption that others
are automatically acting in bad faith, rather than doing what they
are actually doing, e.g. trying bring some order into the chaos.

mcl



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