From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 17 11:59:50 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 334F9106566C for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:59:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mva@FreeBSD.org) Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de (smtprelay01.ispgateway.de [80.67.31.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1F278FC15 for ; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:59:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [80.67.16.116] (helo=webmailfront01.ispgateway.de) by smtprelay01.ispgateway.de with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1Sr6LO-0003tW-UT; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:53:34 +0200 Received: from 83.246.65.143 ([83.246.65.143]) by webmail.df.eu (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:53:34 +0200 Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:53:34 +0200 Message-ID: <20120717135334.Horde.7WrvSLuWis5QBVI_39tQcVA@webmail.df.eu> From: Marcus von Appen To: Radim Kolar References: <50017C97.3050200@filez.com> <20120714192119.GA61563@vniz.net> <5001CB97.6070205@filez.com> <50054F6E.9040002@filez.com> In-Reply-To: <50054F6E.9040002@filez.com> User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H4 (5.0.19) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; DelSp=Yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline X-Df-Sender: ZnJlZWJzZEBzeXNmYXVsdC5vcmc= Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: maintainer timeout for FreeBSD commiters X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 11:59:50 -0000 Radim Kolar : >> We *are* making progress in cutting through the backlog though. > ports have about 900 open PR. Why it does not have more port > commiters? Its difficult to recruit new person? More committers does not mean that the backlog will be processed faster, just as more developers on a project does not mean that the project is done faster. ;-) Cheers Marcus