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Date:      Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:14:23 +0200
From:      Jochen Neumeister <joneum@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>, Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Yuri <yuri@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r474820 - in head/graphics: . diff-pdf
Message-ID:  <3219a754-36a8-911b-b768-902793c13df0@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20180718080825.pfvoiusov34egc7w@atuin.in.mat.cc>
References:  <201807171752.w6HHqPGY086343@repo.freebsd.org> <20180717205936.vknaxlrewnjv5rsc@atuin.in.mat.cc> <98365d7c-b252-f0b6-77ee-fe7e37474e33@freebsd.org> <20180718072531.kauobgwo5xidvv5j@atuin.in.mat.cc> <20180718075950.GY967@fc.opsec.eu> <20180718080825.pfvoiusov34egc7w@atuin.in.mat.cc>

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On 18.07.2018 10:08, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 09:59:50AM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 05:28:03PM -0700, Yuri wrote:
>>>> On 07/17/18 13:59, Mathieu Arnold wrote:
>>>>> The PR adds version 0.2.  Any good reason why you silently updated the
>>>>> software without asking the maintainer about it?
>>>>
>>>> Yes, there is a good reason: the version 0.2 is from May 23, 2013, and the
>>>> latest commit is much more recent, only 7 months old.
>>> That is a reason, a bad one maybe.  Certainly not a good one.  Why did
>>> not you consult with the maintainer before updating the port he created?
>>> How can you be sure he aggres with it?
>> That is a *bit* over the top.
>>
>> No sane maintainer will complain if the committer updates the
>> submitted port to a newer version, as long as functionality isn't
>> affected.
> I did not say it was a bad idea to update the submitted port.  I said it
> was a bad idea to do it without asking the submitter first.
>
There are committer, they do it regularly without anything happening.



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