From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 14:31:31 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 A9E9016A4CE; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 14:31:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from shaft.techsupport.co.uk (shaft.techsupport.co.uk [212.250.77.214]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C653543D8A; Thu, 8 Jan 2004 14:30:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from setantae@submonkey.net) Received: from cpc2-cdif3-6-0-cust204.cdif.cable.ntl.com ([81.103.67.204] helo=shrike.submonkey.net ident=mailnull) by shaft.techsupport.co.uk with esmtp (TLSv1:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.24; FreeBSD) id 1Aeig1-000GpH-NX; Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:30:53 +0000 Received: from setantae by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.30; FreeBSD) id 1Aeig0-000NzA-2I; Thu, 08 Jan 2004 22:30:52 +0000 Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 22:30:52 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: Joe Marcus Clarke Message-ID: <20040108223051.GZ8322@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , Joe Marcus Clarke , doc@FreeBSD.org References: <1073599686.752.62.camel@gyros> <20040108221340.GY8322@submonkey.net> <1073600861.752.65.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="H7DA0n3a+SnB4bJ2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1073600861.752.65.camel@gyros> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Ceri Davies 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 22:31:31 -0000 --H7DA0n3a+SnB4bJ2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:27:41PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > 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 th= ese > > > 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? >=20 > 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 > >=20 > > > + If the maintainer of a port does not respond to a an u= pdate > > > + request from a user after two weeks (excluding holidays), = then > >=20 > > I wouldn't normally be picky, but this is a policy definition. >=20 > You're absolutely right. Do you have a suggestion on how this can be > clarified? Thanks. Perhaps "excluding major public holidays"? Ceri --=20 --H7DA0n3a+SnB4bJ2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE//dobocfcwTS3JF8RAt82AKCtn2iWVMGL+9+yb7b5LK7j44vOhACfRM0a 5LhhP/7gVj4rm78qlR2nIU4= =0vi1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --H7DA0n3a+SnB4bJ2--