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Date:      Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:27:41 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: PLEASE REVIEW: MAINTAINER policy addendum to porters-handbook
Message-ID:  <1073600861.752.65.camel@gyros>
In-Reply-To: <20040108221340.GY8322@submonkey.net>
References:  <1073599686.752.62.camel@gyros> <20040108221340.GY8322@submonkey.net>

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On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 17:13, Ceri Davies wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:08:06PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > Attached is a patch to the porter's handbook that spells out the
> > policies regarding maintainer timeout, AWOL maintainers, and special
> > privileges granted to portmgr@ and so@.  Can someone please review thes=
e
> > changes, and let me know if they are okay to commit?  Thanks.
>=20
> Looks fine from a docbook point of view, Joe, but I think perhaps
> "holidays" could be better defined; do you mean "the maintainer is on
> holiday", or "public holidays"?  If the latter, whose?

I was referring to public holidays.  MY main point here was big holidays
like Christmas where a lot of people are generally traveling or AFK.

>=20
> > +        <para>If the maintainer of a port does not respond to a an upd=
ate
> > +          request from a user after two weeks (excluding holidays), th=
en
>=20
> I wouldn't normally be picky, but this is a policy definition.

You're absolutely right.  Do you have a suggestion on how this can be
clarified?  Thanks.

Joe

>=20
> Ceri
--=20
Joe Marcus Clarke
FreeBSD GNOME Team	::	marcus@FreeBSD.org
gnome@FreeBSD.org
FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome
http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome


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