Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:00:40 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org, ports-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/misc/zaptel Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/misc/zaptel/files patch-Makefile patch-qozap::Makefile patch-qozap::qozap_freebsd.c patch-tau32pci::tau32pci.c patch-test::Makefile patch-wcfxo::wcfxo.c patch-wcfxs::wcfxs.c patch-wct1xxp::wct1xxp.c ... Message-ID: <20070426010040.GA79683@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <462FF29E.6010501@FreeBSD.org> References: <200704260011.l3Q0Bcxo039783@repoman.freebsd.org> <20070426001822.GA79250@xor.obsecurity.org> <462FF29E.6010501@FreeBSD.org>
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--4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 05:30:22PM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Kris Kennaway wrote: > >Maxim, > > > >For some reason you have ignored at least 2 emails from portmgr > >inquiring why you have been making apparently unapproved commits to > >other people's ports (your previous 3 commits were such). Since you > >are ignoring our private emails I have no choice but to ask you > >publically to respond immediately. >=20 > I apologize, due to some ages old filter (leftover from the time when I= =20 > was on portmgr) the messages went into the wrong folder, which I don't=20 > check. Now I see them. >=20 > Regarding the commits in question: are there any technical problems with= =20 > my changes? If my memory serves in the past there were general agreement= =20 > that maintainer's approval is good, but is not strictly required for the= =20 > cases when the change is obvious. Unfortunately I don't have much spare= =20 > time in my hands nowadays so that need to send e-mail for each of those= =20 > small fixes could be a showstopper for me and result in them staying in= =20 > my private tree. That being said, I don't ask to make an exception for=20 > me based on that and if you say that the policy now is that maintainer=20 > approval is strictly required I will adhere. >=20 > Another generic note from my experience with other open source projects,= =20 > is that usually ones with not-so-strict approval rules tend to make much= =20 > faster progress. As far as I know that has never been the policy. If you are worried that you will not have time later to follow up, you can just send a PR and let the system work as designed: this method seems to work well enough for all our non-committers out there ;-) Kris --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGL/m4Wry0BWjoQKURAgqHAJsHs6g7Dm6Wpd/SaLdkplKtbB+cUQCeNWQH gU2S/hS53/5qinRSugtwfW8= =9M+P -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--
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