Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:38:38 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PLEASE REVIEW: MAINTAINER policy addendum to porters-handbook Message-ID: <1073601518.752.75.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <20040108223051.GZ8322@submonkey.net> References: <1073599686.752.62.camel@gyros> <20040108221340.GY8322@submonkey.net> <1073600861.752.65.camel@gyros> <20040108223051.GZ8322@submonkey.net>
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