Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 23:30:58 +0200 From: Erwin Lansing <erwin@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports structure and improvement suggestions Message-ID: <20060508213058.GB96986@droso.net> In-Reply-To: <445FB278.4010408@utdallas.edu> References: <20060508200926.GA6005@daemons.gr> <1147119806.18944.59.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20060508203709.GA32661@daemons.gr> <1147121271.18944.63.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20060508205703.GA11215@daemons.gr> <445FB278.4010408@utdallas.edu>
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--sFpaGyYnmHGeDLGB Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 04:04:56PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: > > > I can't speak for other port maintainers, but I am far from bored. In=20 > fact I'm so busy that I often wonder why I volunteered to maintain some= =20 > ports. I also get frustrated when new ports I submit don't get handled= =20 > quickly enough, but then I remember how busy I am, and I figure the=20 > committers are probably just as busy if not more so. >=20 You're absolutely right here. Right now we're struggeling to keep the number of outstanding PRs below 1000. That's just way too much by any standard, but that's always the problem with how much manpower you can expect for a volunteer project. We've just "punished" 4 of the most active PR submitters, and an active committer who was also active in the ports arena, with a commit bit so let's hope that helps a bit on the statistics. I for one usually prioritize fixing and upgrading the already existing ports (all of the 14.000) before adding even more to the load, which explains the longer waiting period for those. The way maintainers can help the committers is by sending high quality patches that don't need much testing, and especially don't need much fixing. That just takes away much needed time. But beware! If you send too many good quality patches, you might get punished :-) -erwin --=20 Erwin Lansing http://droso.org Security is like an onion. (o_ _o) It's made up of several layers \\\_\ /_/// erwin@FreeBSD.org And it makes you cry. <____) (____> erwin@aauug.dk --sFpaGyYnmHGeDLGB Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEX7iSqy9aWxUlaZARApO8AKDNSgAqxJjAQJE4jjYkJYlF9VjxmwCfVMSY E8r+UV121mzVY7SrXT3bFAA= =mCNx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sFpaGyYnmHGeDLGB--
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