Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:57:34 -0400 (EDT) From: mi@aldan.algebra.com To: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@uol.com.br> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, andrew@cream.org Subject: Re: erlang port -- a poster child (Re: I'll be rolling a 4.1.1 r Message-ID: <200009282257.e8SMvZv73577@misha.privatelabs.com> In-Reply-To: <20000928190414.A38465@Fedaykin.here>
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On 28 Sep, Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: = I am not sure this is the right way to do these things. = However, even if these are correct some questions already arise: = = 1) We are adding 2 new classes that are category specific = (this is prone to PR filling mistakes and confusion) I think, this can be generalized to be update and maintainer-update or some such for other parts of the system -- not just ports. I'm sure there are non-committers involved with software in contrib, for example... That way handling of other PRs can be streamlined too and most of your reservations will become moot :) Now, someone just has to send-pr your patch :) Gentelmen, set your timers... -mi = 2) GNATS or the filling PR tools should have some sanity = checking: ports-update and port-maintainer should give some sort = of gnats-adm warning for mistaken filling; and, the filling = forms/tools shouldn't allow it. = 3) We need some sort of tool (perhaps other than GNATS, I = can't judge it) that implicit allows us to use specific class/categories = combinations. From my novel_this_morning_understanding of GNATS, = this is not something it does kindly. Classes are all generic. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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