Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 07:27:30 -0500 From: John Marino <freebsd.contact@marino.st> To: Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>, marino@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r422114 - head/misc/fortune_strfile Message-ID: <51b77b4e-8061-e183-ec68-d434d50bd0b2@marino.st> In-Reply-To: <9063296a-9793-4cb3-1857-f5baf51cfbee@FreeBSD.org> References: <201609140545.u8E5jeBH058686@repo.freebsd.org> <eb09770a-b234-f889-2f2c-d6127ab76cc7@FreeBSD.org> <40537f68-1d2b-194c-55d5-b133d743ed3e@marino.st> <9063296a-9793-4cb3-1857-f5baf51cfbee@FreeBSD.org>
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On 9/14/2016 07:24, Mathieu Arnold wrote: > Le 14/09/2016 à 14:21, John Marino a écrit : >> On 9/14/2016 01:56, Mathieu Arnold wrote: >>> Le 14/09/2016 à 07:45, John Marino a écrit : >>>> Author: marino >>>> Date: Wed Sep 14 05:45:40 2016 >>>> New Revision: 422114 >>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/ports/422114 >>>> >>>> Log: >>>> misc/fortune_strfile: Release maintainership >>>> >>>> This port is too simple to need a maintainer. It's a shared resource >>>> for all fortune ports >>> >>> You know, we do have a policy about not adding a port without a >>> maintainer. >>> Adding a port with a maintainer and dropping maintainership in the first >>> 24 hours is about the same as adding it without a maintainer. >> >> Except that it's not. I met the requirements of the policy. >> Moreover, others have committed new ports without a maintainer for >> various questionable reasons and nobody said much about that. > > I am sorry that I do not notice all the errors that are made, some I > see, some I do not. When I see them, I report them. > But this is NOT an error. You see it as a violation of the "spirit" of the policy, but it's not a violation of the policy itself. If you think there should be a minimum ownership period then work on adjusting the policy (through consensus hopefully). I met the requirements and it was all very intentionally on my part, no error at all, and certainly not without precedent. John --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus
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