From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 14:27:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 414E616A4D0; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 14:27:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from ms-smtp-02-eri0.southeast.rr.com (ms-smtp-02-lbl.southeast.rr.com [24.25.9.101]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EE7943D5E; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 14:27:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rrcs-midsouth-24-172-16-118.biz.rr.com [24.172.16.118]) i08MRPYr007437; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 17:27:25 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) i08MR7xc027928; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 17:27:07 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@FreeBSD.org) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Ceri Davies In-Reply-To: <20040108221340.GY8322@submonkey.net> References: <1073599686.752.62.camel@gyros> <20040108221340.GY8322@submonkey.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-mUzEMGkiKcjD1yDdluZO" Organization: FreeBSD, Inc. Message-Id: <1073600861.752.65.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:27:41 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.61 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.61 (1.212.2.1-2003-12-09-exp) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PLEASE REVIEW: MAINTAINER policy addendum to porters-handbook X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:27:41 -0000 --=-mUzEMGkiKcjD1yDdluZO Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 17:13, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:08:06PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > Attached is a patch to the porter's handbook that spells out the > > policies regarding maintainer timeout, AWOL maintainers, and special > > privileges granted to portmgr@ and so@. Can someone please review thes= e > > changes, and let me know if they are okay to commit? Thanks. >=20 > Looks fine from a docbook point of view, Joe, but I think perhaps > "holidays" could be better defined; do you mean "the maintainer is on > holiday", or "public holidays"? If the latter, whose? I was referring to public holidays. MY main point here was big holidays like Christmas where a lot of people are generally traveling or AFK. >=20 > > + If the maintainer of a port does not respond to a an upd= ate > > + request from a user after two weeks (excluding holidays), th= en >=20 > I wouldn't normally be picky, but this is a policy definition. You're absolutely right. Do you have a suggestion on how this can be clarified? Thanks. Joe >=20 > Ceri --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: marcus@FreeBSD.org gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-mUzEMGkiKcjD1yDdluZO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA//dldb2iPiv4Uz4cRAi5iAJ45zMUOMtT2a5RHtxe5B+d2Bi/kLwCfYNj0 /bCG3z0ZV0vd/PuzAtXufz4= =uXrf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mUzEMGkiKcjD1yDdluZO--