Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:04:20 -0400 From: Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How are [MAINTAINER] patches handled and why aren't PRs FIFO? Message-ID: <20110428070420.4a4704c1@seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20110427234226.GL38579@comcast.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> <20110427234226.GL38579@comcast.net>
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On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:42:26 -0700 Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> articulated: > 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. I hope, no, I pray that one of your PR's falls into that category. I can't wait to see how long it takes your ass to get online bitching and moaning about the lack of attention given to your trivial submission. > 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. If you had actually been paying attention rather than cherry picking assignments you would have noticed that this thread was about implementing a more effective protocol for handling submissions. The axiomatic statement, "Lead, follow, or get out of the way." by Thomas Paine would seem apropos. -- Jerry ✌ jerry+ports@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ You can lead a horse to water, but you can't stop him from running off into the desert and dying of thirst.
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