Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:01:00 -0400 From: Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com> To: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: audio/sox bump to 14.3.0 request Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909102200070.85863@nog.angryox.com> In-Reply-To: <op.uz2kybn4yk2lkb@localhost> References: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0909102123250.85863@nog.angryox.com> <op.uz2kybn4yk2lkb@localhost>
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On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Glen Barber wrote: > On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:31:53 -0400, Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com> > wrote: > >> I haven't heard back from the maintainer of sox yet on the requested bump >> to sox 14.3.0. I didn't find any process outlined in the handbook or the >> porters handbook, and I would have searched the archives but the search >> index hasn't been rebuilt since 2007. >> > > Regarding ports that are maintained, there is generally a 2 week timeout with > PRs regarding port upgrades (which is noted in the handbook), assuming a > patch is provided. The most likely delay with your situation is that you did > not support a patch to actually perform the update - simply the request. > Upgrading ports that has other maintainers is time consuming to begin with - > even moreso when you do not provide a patch to aide in the process. > >> I searched the archives via google with no real results on any process on >> how to poke the maintainer to life. >> > > You CC'd the maintainer. That is sufficient. Awesome, thanks Glen. I didn't see the 2 week timeout in the handbook, must have missed it. I'll work on learning how to build the package so I can submit a diff rather than a request. Beckman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Internet Guy beckman@angryox.com http://www.angryox.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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