From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 31 01:00:58 2007 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 000D016A419 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:00:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: from mail.soaustin.net (lefty.soaustin.net [66.135.55.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9BBF13C447 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:00:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from linimon@lonesome.com) Received: by mail.soaustin.net (Postfix, from userid 502) id 032AD8C0E4; Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:32:53 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:32:52 -0500 To: "[LoN]Kamikaze" Message-ID: <20071031003252.GA17007@soaustin.net> References: <4726F15E.4000209@gmx.de> <20071030192201.GA23221@soaustin.net> <4727B1C4.90307@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4727B1C4.90307@gmx.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) Cc: Mark Linimon , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the coming cold ... I mean freeze 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: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:00:58 -0000 On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:35:48PM +0100, [LoN]Kamikaze wrote: > I put a lot of effort to get the release done (4 days) before the freeze. So > it's kind of frustrating that it doesn't get in. I sympathize, but if we let one update in, it is very difficult to not let them all in. We (portmgr) will have several hundred approval requests just for bugfixing during the freeze. At some point you simply have to say "today's the day" and draw a line, otherwise, the release process will never get done. mcl