From owner-cvs-all Mon Jul 27 02:55:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from daemon@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA13474 for cvs-all-outgoing; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:55:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all) Received: from dt053nd2.san.rr.com (@dt053nd2.san.rr.com [204.210.34.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA13425; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:55:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@san.rr.com) Received: from san.rr.com (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nd2.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA02115; Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:54:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@san.rr.com) Message-ID: <35BC4E69.412F6968@san.rr.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 02:54:49 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE-0507 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tim Vanderhoek CC: Jacques Vidrine , cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG, "David O'Brien" Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/net/smurflog References: <199807270019.TAA10179@bone.nectar.com> <19980726174726.A4151@nuxi.com> <19980727033628.D1424@zappo> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Tim Vanderhoek wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 26, 1998 at 05:47:26PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > > > > For for simple ports (as opposed to more complex port Makefiles such as > > Mutt, ssh, etc.) Committers often feel it w/in their capability to make > > small changes. > > This is a necessary thing based on the sheer number of such changes > that need to be made. Even upgrades haven't always gone through the > MAINTAINER. That's understandable, but notifying the maintainer is also desirable. In this way the maintainer can keep up to date on what's happening and make appropriate adjustments. Not all port maintainers can take the time to read the cvs commit messages. Doug