From owner-svn-ports-all@freebsd.org Wed Jul 18 08:33:55 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F314103EC37; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:33:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pi@freebsd.org) Received: from fc.opsec.eu (fc.opsec.eu [IPv6:2001:14f8:200:4::4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D819C8F511; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:33:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pi@freebsd.org) Received: from pi by fc.opsec.eu with local (Exim 4.91 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1ffhuC-0006IU-G3; Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:33:52 +0200 Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:33:52 +0200 From: Kurt Jaeger To: Mathieu Arnold Cc: Kurt Jaeger , 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: <20180718083352.GA967@fc.opsec.eu> 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> <20180718081715.GZ967@fc.opsec.eu> <20180718082800.c7gsxgidodyasmtr@atuin.in.mat.cc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180718082800.c7gsxgidodyasmtr@atuin.in.mat.cc> X-BeenThere: svn-ports-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 08:33:55 -0000 Hello, > > > 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. > > I disagree: Waiting for submitter response on minor changes > > does slow down or even stall the intended action. Yes, it might > > educate the submitter, but at the expense of committer patience. > > If we have better tools to estimate the submitter response time/quality, > > that might change, but until then, it's better to ask for foregiveness > > than to ask for permission. > I totally agree, for minor changes, as explained in [1]. Changing the > version of the software is not a minor change. It is, most of the time. > For this port, it should take about 2 minutes to create a patch > with the new version, and open a PR with the update. >From my experience, it would take more time. I'd rather not touch a port/PR than do this dance. -- pi@FreeBSD.org +49 171 3101372 2 years to go !