Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:42:26 -0700 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How are [MAINTAINER] patches handled and why aren't PRs FIFO? Message-ID: <20110427234226.GL38579@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20110427191519.6388a158@seibercom.net> References: <4DB7B237.7000603@marino.st> <BANLkTinoGufNYZmkFgQmwGR4RjBXWXcDTA@mail.gmail.com> <20110427075436.70ae18ac@seibercom.net> <19896.4396.161941.282904@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <20110427093258.3966cfd2@seibercom.net> <20110427134836.GA30085@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20110427101257.414aaf8b@seibercom.net> <20110427223305.GA32276@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20110427191519.6388a158@seibercom.net>
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On Wed 27 Apr 2011 at 16:15:19 PDT Jerry wrote: > >Following through on that logic, only the highest priority items would >ever get done. Since there is a never ending list of things that have >to be done at any given time, the lowest priority ones would never get >any attention. Which is as it should be, if it's true that we're faced with insufficient resources. The problem is that we don't have any objective way to determine priorities. Instead we leave this up to the personal interests and whims of the people involved -- maintainers AND committers.
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