Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:54:37 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.ORG>, committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: PRs in suspended state Message-ID: <5711.892446877@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:51:41 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980412214905.410S-100000@localhost>
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> Do you have a suggestionj as to what to do with PRs that haven't > anything to do with software that is part of the FreeBSD tree? I'm > specifically referring to the PRs on ports stuff, where the complaint > isn't about the port per se, but about the operation of the software > that the port correctly installs. Such things are, IMO, even more > unprofessional, because they *can't* be fixed ... no method of closing > such PRs. It seemed to me that putting things in the suspend state was > a nice compromise. Such PRs should be closed with a note that it's not a FreeBSD specific problem and that the original author or maintainer (who's contact details should be attached if they're readily available) should be contacted instead. I think it's the only reasonably effective compromise. Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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