Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:07:27 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> To: Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ability for maintainers to update own ports Message-ID: <20031110210727.6c8a6ebc.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20031110163623.GC93583@procyon.firepipe.net> References: <1068458390.38101.19.camel@dirk.no.domain> <20031110152000.622db381.lehmann@ans-netz.de> <1068471598.38101.77.camel@dirk.no.domain> <20031110163623.GC93583@procyon.firepipe.net>
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:36:24 -0800 Will Andrews <will@csociety.org> wrote: > Sorry, but if you are unhappy with the speed at which ports get > updated, become a regular and you'll get a commit bit. It's just > that simple. For most maintainers it's not worth the effort > because practice makes a better porter. That's only partially true, and hardly something I'd call a solution. You already know that a lot of ports people only take care of their own ports, so that only helps perpetuating the situation. Something like NetBSD's pkgsrc-wip would work IF commiters had an active role and stuff was merged on a regular basis. Just my HO. Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> http://www.energyhq.es.eu.org
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