Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 11:22:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Port Maintainers Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009181120010.98683-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <002d01c0210a$beca4350$1200a8c0@zircon>
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On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Matthew Emmerton wrote:
> For some time now I've seen many requests come to the ports mailing list
> which really should be handled by the maintainers of individual ports, not
> the people who look after committing PRs. As usual, the standard response
> is "contact the port maintainer". At first I wondered whether it was simply
> inexperience or ignorance that caused people to turn to the ports list for
> assistance, but over the last few months, I'm beginning to think whether the
> problem lies on the other side of the equation with the maintainers
> themselves.
If you're having problems getting a response from a maintainer, they can
always be replaced by someone more responsive - after all, being a
maintainer implies an active process. Send a polite summary of your
attempts to contact the maintainer to the -ports list and we'll take a
look at the problem. Same goes for bouncing emails, etc.
Kris
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