From owner-freebsd-perl@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 23 14:15:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: perl@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DDE010656A3 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:15:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sahil@tandon.net) Received: from spartan.hamla.org (spartan.hamla.org [206.251.255.30]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ABA98FC27 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:15:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spartan.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC6F91709C; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:15:20 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=tandon.net; h= date:date:subject:subject:mime-version:x-mailer :content-transfer-encoding:content-type:content-type:in-reply-to :from:from:message-id:references:received:received; s=aegis; t= 1258985720; bh=i+RQcHBYpBS1zgzI0lAhQZR3bqfWpAhwRx4wAEVKs3I=; b=s m+O6Wvsl8hhZ/5SSFOe9htWpZIvY8BjoXNruhN4bngnrzgZLqSR9CrEcu/Vzosuc zSyKNwOxZtUjSSxIclGn6mxJu8wMEmWsTYHPZ0M94qpdX/bTCo67nuBoii5zDS5X 56mL8oNP5xtfgYNC7MB/66hYBUUCyLAu1bXj0vqcug= X-Virus-Scanned: by ClamAV at spartan.hamla.org Received: from spartan.hamla.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (spartan.hamla.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10027) with LMTP id NxLc4T3IQtk8; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:15:20 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.181.253.216] (mobile-166-137-132-055.mycingular.net [166.137.132.55]) by spartan.hamla.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0FC901707C; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:15:20 -0500 (EST) References: <20091115011802.GA42096@magic.hamla.org> <376a98e00911230510h3d115a2ey238cd343ed8ab899@mail.gmail.com> Message-Id: <8787B77F-CC7C-456F-89FF-EF12FEA502A2@tandon.net> From: Sahil Tandon To: Lars Balker Rasmussen In-Reply-To: <376a98e00911230510h3d115a2ey238cd343ed8ab899@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (7D11) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 7D11) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:15:11 -0500 Cc: "perl@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Ports with MAINTAINER= perl@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-perl@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: maintainer of a number of perl-related ports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:15:21 -0000 On Nov 23, 2009, at 8:10 AM, Lars Balker Rasmussen wrote: > On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Sahil Tandon > wrote: >> These ports are maintained by perl@. I am happy to adopt these >> ports if >> perl@ is akin to ports@ in that these ports are up for adoption. I >> don't want to step on any toes so I will submit a PR to make the >> change >> if there are no objections. > > I'm sure everybody who read this thought "Someone else will answer", > so it didn't get done. No, perl@ is not the same as ports@. It's not > generally a good idea to have important ports (like p5-Moose) relying > on a single person or maintainer-timeouts if a sane community is > available to handle the job. Please pass maintainer-ship back to > perl@. > > (Speaking as the former maintainer of p5-Moose, who helped prove the > point made above). Fine with me. Go ahead and reset p5-Moose to perl@. And for posterity, would you explain how a port is defined as 'important' so it cannot be maintained by an individual? Thanks. -- Sahil Tandon