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Date:      Fri, 1 Apr 2016 14:56:19 +0200
From:      Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Thomas Zander <riggs@freebsd.org>, Jan Beich <jbeich@freebsd.org>, "ports-committers@FreeBSD.org" <ports-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, portmgr@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r412296 - head/lang/rust
Message-ID:  <A4E7B68E-B5EB-41E5-B4BB-B9D58D663A7C@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <E207BCC9DD7103BC81BCD8B8@ogg.in.absolight.net>
References:  <201603312004.u2VK4n5n028013@repo.freebsd.org> <CAFU734wN13GQnHuXHQ_sW97v9%2Bq3TSYyZPHiqLTjq5HYwO=SAQ@mail.gmail.com> <C4C464C799DD4405CCC76990@atuin.in.mat.cc> <CAFU734xGcOuzH%2BbSNMZw6M8a5GYZkdSD11L8-h_T9W2zge18jg@mail.gmail.com> <E207BCC9DD7103BC81BCD8B8@ogg.in.absolight.net>

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> On 01 Apr 2016, at 15:06, Mathieu Arnold <mat@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>=20
> +--On 1 avril 2016 12:05:47 +0200 Thomas Zander <riggs@freebsd.org> =
wrote:
> | On 1 April 2016 at 11:45, Mathieu Arnold <mat@freebsd.org> wrote:
> |
> |> It is documented in the porter's handbook, where it all belongs:
> |> =
<https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/porters-handbook/makefile-maintain
> |> er.html>
> |>
> |> And, it is covered by the "Trivial and tested build and runtime =
fixes."
> |> bullet point.
> |
> | Thanks for stepping in, but I am a 100% sure that this statement =
will
> | not put the case to rest. Based on this statement:
> | - John will maintain his position that this commit was trivial, =
tested
> | and fixes a problem *on DragonFly* and hence *is* covered by the
> | blanket
> | - I will maintain my position that this commit does *not* fix a
> | problem *on FreeBSD* and hence is *not* covered by the blanket
> |
> | I am totally fine accepting any verdict from portmgr, but I want it =
to
> | be inescapably clear. Please review the commit and let us know once
> | and for all: Is this particular one covered by the blanket or not?
>=20
> *I* would say that you are right and it's not a FreeBSD fix, and thus, =
is
> not covered by the blanket.  But I don't know what portmgr as a whole
> thinks about it.

Rather than nitpick what the rules say exactly, I=E2=80=99d take a step =
back and consider how we like to work together.  On the surface, it =
indeed seems a trivial commit, but on the other hand the port has an =
active maintainer, from whom a quick reply could be expected.  Taken =
together, I would have chosen to ask the maintainer first, out of =
respect for the maintainer.  In a similar situation, I would imagine =
myself as the maintainer and how I would feel if I saw a commit happen =
to my port and wonder why the change was so important it couldn=E2=80=99t =
wait for me to have a look at it first.  We have this great =
technological platform, but in the end it=E2=80=99s the people that make =
this project.  Just because there is a rule or policy that might allow =
one to do something, does not mean it=E2=80=99s the right thing to do.

Erwin


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