Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:36:24 -0800 From: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> To: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ability for maintainers to update own ports Message-ID: <20031110163623.GC93583@procyon.firepipe.net> In-Reply-To: <1068471598.38101.77.camel@dirk.no.domain> References: <1068458390.38101.19.camel@dirk.no.domain> <20031110152000.622db381.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <1068471598.38101.77.camel@dirk.no.domain>
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 12:39:58AM +1100, Sam Lawrance wrote: > I guess that's one of the challenges to be dealt with. Having briefly > examined nbsd's pkgsrc-wip I think it is a good source of QA. I would > like to combine this with a better way of channeling changes back into > the tree. Best of both worlds - faster/wider distribution of new > changes, larger base of reviewers. > > But you are right - anything that lowers the quality of the ports tree > would be an absolute no-go. Sorry, but if you are unhappy with the speed at which ports get updated, become a regular and you'll get a commit bit. It's just that simple. For most maintainers it's not worth the effort because practice makes a better porter. Regards, -- wca
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