Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2014 10:59:11 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <matthew@FreeBSD.org> To: Big Lebowski <spankthespam@gmail.com>, marino@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: What is the problem with ports PR reaction delays? Message-ID: <52E398FF.9000300@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <CAHcXP%2BfQC-N4ZKpmpaCQSeYnw4WqOJ4T4pdsoMC6NpshsOm6sQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAHcXP%2Bf6e-t--XbQPTH1goJp_CL7P=zTj5trZVWd4YZ_EsO9gw@mail.gmail.com> <52E2FA36.5080106@marino.st> <CAHcXP%2BfRDeKXjz0_sifgzeXC2dA-eDnoV5NH1yvF2D6R8JRmAg@mail.gmail.com> <52E303CB.6020304@marino.st> <CAHcXP%2Be9p2HrQ=M9HmPecMbWtXRuYPzH9kwfLGqgdrUrhvLuEA@mail.gmail.com> <52E30990.2060903@marino.st> <CAHcXP%2BfQC-N4ZKpmpaCQSeYnw4WqOJ4T4pdsoMC6NpshsOm6sQ@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --8fo8R3FFtNB2VvIx2SkHHpf3VcColIUgQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 25/01/2014 10:35, Big Lebowski wrote: >> Thus, are you volunteering for this role? It's not my call, but if yo= u >> > really want to do clean out and triage the all PRs on an ongoing bas= is, >> > my guess is that would be very welcome and we'd figure out a way to = set >> > that up. It would definitely help, especially for those maintainer = that >> > "approve" patches but the PRs never get opened (or set to a better s= tate >> > than "open"). > If I wouldnt care about FreeBSD and ports state and I wouldnt want to h= elp > with that, I would have not wrote this message in first place. Yes, I w= ould > love to help. There are a lot of people who would love to help with FreeBSD, and there is a lot of help that FreeBSD needs. The problem is that anyone volunteering probably only has a limited amount of time they can donate to the project, and there exists at the moment no simple mechanism for dividing up the workload into small, easily digestible chunks. Take the case of PR triage, often cited as a suitable track for people to start getting involved. Say we get about 300 new PRs in a week. What we need is 20--50 people looking at 6--15 PRs a week, rather than 2--5 people trying to look at 60--150 PRs a week. Trouble is, the first few people to volunteer will find themselves drinking from the PR firehose, and will probably give up long before enough additional people can be drummed up to share the load. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey --8fo8R3FFtNB2VvIx2SkHHpf3VcColIUgQ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.20 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJS45kAXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXQ2NTNBNjhCOTEzQTRFNkNGM0UxRTEzMjZC QjIzQUY1MThFMUE0MDEzAAoJELsjr1GOGkATsagP/3BNgJIVInYwPXsTt67NGk27 OIAtArcOHsOXwJWgjw/cDKge3ST0BsqmxIPPaLykVBv6GsQo21RDvhIqxzSKCouV B2djzybApyjYDRsbh8qvIbVvXblWZFtbEHPftRctY3YrKdHJzAP4zihG7resPsbe W+TBiWIbZPVdOrnmzjwOW/N+JOPF47S9CMQZ7f393B3lYXxrRKuOpn10Z3xBz/uQ F+coa+d0xCgK3MyANWoT6LicaYYwaNys64GlhIbYf599VFReuhy5c8Xim/hWef0T uwMoA3Nw1eV2pCHAcA3KVY6FQOeLlrd+pBwLVXkZpGECPoYyjhgF5Jjf5DvKLBjA E4qH/hQOJ5OaRRG0O4jlBHmK7Muxm8qKXqz9b4Rd9insFeWIe17LLEYWEEN6/fWw +4OQCwCMtxQ1biLGjylKvddz4bliq9sX+hk3tpx62CVxVg2Kj7E6Y9nAktyl2drW X/kvojjOarV7H/qZCDjl5JOMFD1IRGfhhZugCaAOIcPQwB91soBqwQupKVND5E+H ypc5jKiA+4USa/USbEfXXqrBDSrbCs95oaMo3Qs6NHwlSn4unojvrU+AYp5DTUmY 6THn9o5Gm4QIIGU4N3H4gISX3VgEtu5X1fMMWGo5ueuOpw2R0PGHY5/N1AbiTbnY ei9rl0Vb9ckdp9SE6rw1 =Fc+t -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --8fo8R3FFtNB2VvIx2SkHHpf3VcColIUgQ--
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