From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 31 06:52:33 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 1C5F116A418 for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:52:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 69C4513C48E for ; Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:52:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 31 Oct 2007 06:52:12 -0000 Received: from nat-wh-1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (EHLO mobileKamikaze.norad) [129.13.72.169] by mail.gmx.net (mp034) with SMTP; 31 Oct 2007 07:52:12 +0100 X-Authenticated: #5465401 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX18P4s9Vq6kPDkgcrmkTYOwju3DxXvysjXebh9h9y1 QApXp2jANcTQAl Message-ID: <47282617.6060007@gmx.de> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:52:07 +0100 From: "[LoN]Kamikaze" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071015) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Linimon , freebsd-ports@freebsd.org References: <4726F15E.4000209@gmx.de> <20071030192201.GA23221@soaustin.net> <4727B1C4.90307@gmx.de> <20071031003252.GA17007@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <20071031003252.GA17007@soaustin.net> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 Cc: 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 06:52:33 -0000 Mark Linimon wrote: > 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 > I understand this, of course. It's just bad luck that no one picked up the PR before the freeze. I often had my PRs committed within minutes of writing the PR. This time no one took it within 4 days. Well, it's my fault to rely on something that cannot be relied on. When the ports page on bsdstats was still open it said that only between 10 and 20 people (I do not remember the exact figure) use my port, so it ain't that bad.