From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 29 10:37:08 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EDA316A46D for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:37:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from neuhauser@sigpipe.cz) Received: from isis.sigpipe.cz (fw.sigpipe.cz [62.245.70.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D0943D45 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:37:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from neuhauser@sigpipe.cz) Received: by isis.sigpipe.cz (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 01DA61F87BEF; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:37:06 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:37:06 +0200 From: Roman Neuhauser To: Edwin Groothuis Message-ID: <20050729103706.GB73490@isis.sigpipe.cz> Mail-Followup-To: Edwin Groothuis , ports@freebsd.org References: <42E81050.7090305@cs.tu-berlin.de> <66A226C3557B48ED535E3FED@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20050727230523.GB54954@isis.sigpipe.cz> <20050728154248.GA943@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <20050728164111.GA66015@isis.sigpipe.cz> <20050728233334.GF1186@k7.mavetju> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050728233334.GF1186@k7.mavetju> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New port with maintainer ports@FreeBSD.org [was: Question about maintainers] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 10:37:08 -0000 # edwin@mavetju.org / 2005-07-29 09:33:34 +1000: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:41:11PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > Or, I'll accept the fact that my address must appear in MAINTAINER > > before you accept results of my work, but will ignore any and all > > PRs coming my way: I don't use the software in question enough to > > be a good maintainer, so I better don't waste my time. In the > > meantime, PRs for ports I have been sentenced to "maintain" hang > > in GNATS, and later the MAINTAINER either gets reset, or the port > > suffers from perpetual maintainer timeouts. > > If you're going to play silly games, expect to be played silly games > with. > > Or in other words, people will start to actively ignore your new > ports based on their experience with your current ports. Yup, and I don't want to do that. I can occasionaly spend a week or two working on a port (http://cvs.sf.net/viewcvs.py/gri/gri/doc/gri.texi?r1=1.187&r2=1.188&diff_format=u) but if I cannot promise to be a good maintainer for it for various reasons, I shouldn't be forced to. Of course, you can tell me to take it or leave it, but is that an improvement? -- How many Vietnam vets does it take to screw in a light bulb? You don't know, man. You don't KNOW. Cause you weren't THERE. http://bash.org/?255991