Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:15:25 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: Boris Samorodov <bsam@ipt.ru> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/www/typo3 Makefile distinfo Message-ID: <20090818221523.GY53789@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <55566889@ipt.ru> References: <200908182048.n7IKmBai020473@repoman.freebsd.org> <55566889@ipt.ru>
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--d3YHM87040rLS1j9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:19:02AM +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: > Martin Wilke <miwi@FreeBSD.org> writes: >=20 > > miwi 2009-08-18 20:48:11 UTC > > > > FreeBSD ports repository > > > > Modified files: > > www/typo3 Makefile distinfo=20 > > Log: > > - Update to 4.2.8 > > =20 > > PR: 137913 > > Submitted by: Gerrit Beine <gerrit.beine@gmx.de> (maintainer) >=20 > It's good when ports are updated to new versions. ;-) > However this port removes it's configuration files > unconditionally: > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dports/130209 >=20 > No offence to maintainer/anybody else, I've taken this port > occasionally, but the general question is: what shall we do > with such behaviour? Should we mark them as broken? >=20 Marking a port BROKEN should only be used as a last resort, either because there is no maintainer to contact, the upstream has dropped the project, or there being no abvious techinical solution for the problem. Given this particular case, there both is an active maintainer and an easy techinical solution, so why not send a personal message to the maintainer reminding him of the issue, or even better, providing a patch for it? Best, -erwin --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Prediction is very difficult especially about the future erwin@FreeBSD.org --d3YHM87040rLS1j9 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFKiyf7qy9aWxUlaZARAtiNAKDVGD/Y1GO51EBUW6M5mUreSngpcQCggyqy LmvxKtaV0AWxhig1CEYPfIQ= =tDTf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --d3YHM87040rLS1j9--
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