From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 28 23:33:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B53EA16A41F; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:33:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail3out.barnet.com.au (mail3out.barnet.com.au [202.83.176.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C61643D5D; Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:33:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail3out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 27) id 450CB877CB3; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:33:36 +1000 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <42E96B5000017918071ECC@BarNet> Received: from mail3-auth.barnet.com.au (mail3.barnet.com.au [202.83.176.16]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.barnet.com.au", Issuer "BarNet Root Certificate Authority" (verified OK)) by mail3.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1952A877C94; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:33:36 +1000 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (edwin-3.int.barnet.com.au [10.10.12.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "edwin.adsl.barnet.com.au", Issuer "BarNet Root Certificate Authority" (not verified)) by mail3-auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id B225F877C5E; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:33:35 +1000 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 320D264C8; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:33:34 +1000 (EST) Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:33:34 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: Simon Barner , Paul Schmehl , ports@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway Message-ID: <20050728233334.GF1186@k7.mavetju> References: <42E81050.7090305@cs.tu-berlin.de> <66A226C3557B48ED535E3FED@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20050727230523.GB54954@isis.sigpipe.cz> <20050728154248.GA943@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <20050728164111.GA66015@isis.sigpipe.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050728164111.GA66015@isis.sigpipe.cz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: Subject: Re: New port with maintainer ports@FreeBSD.org [was: Question about maintainers] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:33:38 -0000 On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 06:41:11PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > Or, I'll accept the fact that my address must appear in MAINTAINER > before you accept results of my work, but will ignore any and all > PRs coming my way: I don't use the software in question enough to > be a good maintainer, so I better don't waste my time. In the > meantime, PRs for ports I have been sentenced to "maintain" hang > in GNATS, and later the MAINTAINER either gets reset, or the port > suffers from perpetual maintainer timeouts. If you're going to play silly games, expect to be played silly games with. Or in other words, people will start to actively ignore your new ports based on their experience with your current ports. Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://weblog.barnet.com.au/edwin/