Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 23:09:25 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 245226] [3.2.2. Maintainer responsibilities] [NEW PARAGRAPH] Fix known problems, keep ports in a working order Message-ID: <bug-245226-7788@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D245226 Bug ID: 245226 Summary: [3.2.2. Maintainer responsibilities] [NEW PARAGRAPH] Fix known problems, keep ports in a working order Product: Ports & Packages Version: Latest Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: Ports Framework Assignee: portmgr@FreeBSD.org Reporter: yuri@freebsd.org CC: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org I suggest to add a section to "3.2.2. Maintainer responsibilities" (https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing/ports-co= ntributing.html) Current maintainer responsibilities don't cover the situation when somethin= g is broken in the port. This situation is just leaft out. IMO, maintainer shoul= d at least try to solve the problem if he can, not just passively wait for other= s to submit patches. For example, imagine that somebody reports a problem. This = user can't himself resolve it and creates a bug report. Following the current ru= les, the maintainer would just wait for patches from this user or somebody else. This would likely result in inaction through mutual wait and unmet/mismatch= ed expectations. The "Maintainer responsibilities" section should ask maintainers to be a bit more proactive, and to at least make an attempt to fix reported problems wi= thin the extent of their abilities and resources. Suggested addition: ---BEGIN--- 4. Fix known problems, keep ports in a working order Please attempt to resolve known problems in the ports that your maintain. W= hen others report a problem or you yourself find a problem in the port, please = make a reasonable effort to fix the problem and submit your changes that would resolve the issue. ---END--- Current paragraphs 4,5,6,7 can be bumped by 1. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=
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