From owner-svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Wed Sep 14 22:49:43 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-ports-head@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CAB75BDB6B3; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:49:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.contact@marino.st) Received: from shepard.synsport.net (mail.synsport.com [208.69.230.148]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A07381FE9; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:49:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd.contact@marino.st) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (ip70-178-28-115.ks.ks.cox.net [70.178.28.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by shepard.synsport.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0149F43C2B; Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:49:38 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: svn commit: r422160 - in head: chinese/fortune french/fortune-mod-zarathoustra misc/fortune-mod-bible misc/fortune-mod-bofh misc/fortune-mod-culmea-culmilor misc/fortune-mod-epictetus misc/fortune-... To: Steve Wills , marino@freebsd.org, Mathieu Arnold , Adam Weinberger , Antoine Brodin References: <201609141950.u8EJolO7085386@repo.freebsd.org> <857FD0DF-6ADA-48F5-B02B-81BCA7135E2C@adamw.org> <03e06c33-6185-334f-bf04-71321aaf2cb7@FreeBSD.org> <9ffe58d7-66b0-b357-1777-6e4d3d4f5297@marino.st> <9d118285-dd65-0b88-59cd-c8130d4d4f6f@marino.st> <087264b0-36ab-e844-f2f9-8389566dd654@FreeBSD.org> <55840821-5f88-54b6-4b99-eb8e09d0ae22@marino.st> <0aaad8b7-67f7-1b08-81be-7610d74d5e1c@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Reply-To: marino@freebsd.org From: John Marino Message-ID: <00cb53dd-c51f-ce2f-378d-9e77d49e830b@marino.st> Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:49:40 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.1.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <0aaad8b7-67f7-1b08-81be-7610d74d5e1c@FreeBSD.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 160914-2, 09/14/2016), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: svn-ports-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the ports tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 22:49:43 -0000 On 9/14/2016 17:43, Steve Wills wrote: > Hi, > > On 09/14/2016 18:01, John Marino wrote: >> Fact 2) I solved the problem. The ports were cleaner as a result. > > I think the disagreement is here. Not everyone agrees it's cleaner, > particularly having an un-maintained copy of fortune_strfile duplicating > the one in base. Only something that didn't review the commit would say that. It is cleaner and that's pretty much indisputable. As I said, had I known Antoine and Bryan were going to pull that stunt, I would have put my name back on the port and just squated on it as others do. > >> Fact 3) Somebody exerted energy to revert my work >> >> There are over 26,000 ports. This one should have caused no one to >> notice. Half of the fortune ports are currently marked broken because >> they are unfetchable. Even if you disagree for whatever reason, at >> *worst* it wasn't hurting anything. > > But the disagreement is that it is setting a bad precedent, I think. agree to disagree > > I think exploiting a "loophole" in the rules to add an un-maintained > port isn't going to win any kudos. I wasn't trying to get away with anything. I didn' t think I was doing anything wrong and I still don't. > > Aside from the above comments, I've tried to keep my communication > focused on technical details rather that personal issues to avoid making > this more frustrating. Let's get back to the technical issues now. the problem is none of this is technical. If this was based on technical review, first there would have been a discussion which didn't happen. It's pure emotion. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus