From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Aug 13 02:43:59 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D12637B401 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:43:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (pc1-cdif2-5-cust38.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.101.150.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AD0143F85 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 02:43:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.20) id 19msAT-0008ql-GG; Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:43:45 +0100 Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 10:43:45 +0100 From: Ceri Davies To: Josef El-Rayes Message-ID: <20030813094345.GC26728@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Josef El-Rayes , doc@freebsd.org References: <20030813075519.GA1109@daemon.li> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="3siQDZowHQqNOShm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030813075519.GA1109@daemon.li> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: error(?) in contributing to freebsd article X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:43:59 -0000 --3siQDZowHQqNOShm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 09:55:19AM +0200, Josef El-Rayes wrote: > hi! >=20 > this sentence is taken from the "contribute to freebsd article". > i was wondering whether this sentence is correct concerning the time > values used in there: >=20 > --- > If you do not receive confirmation in a timely fashion (3 days to a > week, depending on your email connection) or are, for some reason, > unable to use the send-pr(1) command, then you may ask someone to file > it for you by sending mail to the FreeBSD problem reports mailing list. > --- > why should it take GNATS to respond in more than 1 hour? i would have > said that a maximum value of 1 day is more suitable than 1 week! > more time for a respond will clearly determine an error - i dont think > that it is necessary to wait one whole week. i remember all my PR (about > 50) to have been replied by gnats in a maximum of 5 minutes. >=20 > tell me what you think of it Very often, PRs aren't filled in correctly, and they get put into the pending category. Gnats doesn't send a response when this happens. I try and clean out the misfiled PRs at least once a week, and other committers occasionally do the same,and the three days gives us a chance to do so. Ceri --=20 User: DO YOU ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR? Iniaes: Sure, I can accept all forms of payment. -- www.chatterboxchallenge.com --3siQDZowHQqNOShm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/OghRocfcwTS3JF8RArqLAJ0asKJygQx7thZf/gf0jR+4ZMwMOgCfSdyP 4T5w2vB+AJFWKYLLwPXrL0w= =jIWT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --3siQDZowHQqNOShm--