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Date:      Thu, 22 May 2003 06:00:43 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net>
Cc:        ports-committers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/x11-wm/evilwm Makefile ports/x11-wm/openbox
Message-ID:  <20030522130043.GA25556@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030522062336.O48018@blues.jpj.net>
References:  <200305212345.h4LNjSNf068849@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030522101602.GA32104@huckfinn.arved.de> <20030522062336.O48018@blues.jpj.net>

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On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:10:06AM -0400, Trevor Johnson wrote:
> Tilman Linneweh wrote:
>=20
> > If you don't have the time to handle PRs for 6 months (evilwm) and 8 mo=
nths
> > (openbox), you should consider removing yourself from MAINTAINER.
>=20
> I think of it the opposite way--that dumping a port with open PRs onto
> someone else is not a good thing.  I have been mulling over dropping some
> other ports, but I am still interested in these two.
>=20
> I am humbled to realize that you believe ports@freebsd.org does better
> maintenance than I, and are willing to say so in public.  There must be
> many others who hold the same opinion of me, but have kept quiet.

Useful ports without a maintainer tend to find a new one fairly
quickly.  Inactive maintainers who ignore maintenance of the port for
nearly a year but don't let anyone else step in to fix things aren't
good for FreeBSD.

Kris

P.S. Just a reminder that you are listed as maintainer of over a dozen
ports that fail to build for various reasons.  I hope you'll find the
time to look at them soon.

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