Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 07:57:52 -0400 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: Gerald Pfeifer <pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> Cc: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports-maintainers? Message-ID: <20000623075752.B77304@argon.gryphonsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006231327100.23642-100000@nunki.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>; from pfeifer@dbai.tuwien.ac.at on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 01:30:01PM %2B0200 References: <394CA25D.77A15740@FreeBSD.org> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0006231327100.23642-100000@nunki.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
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On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 01:30:01PM +0200, Gerald Pfeifer wrote: > Actually, that might indicate the need for some mechanism to contact > ports maintainers. ports@freebsd.org is a bit much volume for someone > maintaining just a single port (like me), yet it would be very useful > to obtain important infos like freeze dates, general changes, etc. Yeah, many folks have expressed unhappiness at not being notified about these. > How about adding a lower-volume ports-maintainers (or similiar) list which > is automatically created from the MAINTAINER fields in the Makefiles and > where such announcements are sent? Sounds like a good idea, although we should still allow people to opt out of them - in which case it will be their own fault they didn't know about massive updates and such. Anyone else like this idea? Perhaps we should have some restrictions on who can join, but still archive it? -- Will Andrews <andrewsw@purdue.edu> <will@FreeBSD.org> GCS/E/S @d- s+:+>+:- a--->+++ C++ UB++++ P+ L- E--- W+++ !N !o ?K w--- ?O M+ V-- PS+ PE++ Y+ PGP+>+++ t++ 5 X++ R+ tv+ b++>++++ DI+++ D+ G++>+++ e->++++ h! r-->+++ y? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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