Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:13:11 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Dag-Erling =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PLEASE REVIEW: MAINTAINER policy addendum to porters-handbook Message-ID: <1073603591.752.83.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <xzp4qv62g4r.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <1073599686.752.62.camel@gyros> <20040108221340.GY8322@submonkey.net> <1073600861.752.65.camel@gyros> <20040108223051.GZ8322@submonkey.net> <xzp4qv62g4r.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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--=-AVApAL48Yf6o797RslLR Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 18:08, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> writes: > > Perhaps "excluding major public holidays"? >=20 > Public holidays, even major ones, vary from country to country, and > sometimes even within the same country. Indeed they do, but this is mainly for holidays where people may actually be away for two weeks. If there are disputes, the maintainer can always revert the changes when they return. What we want to do is try to codify some of these policies to avoid the mess we saw recently with MySQL, Samba, and Squid. Portmgr can also arbitrate any heated disputes that may arise from this. Joe >=20 > DES --=20 Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: marcus@FreeBSD.org gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome --=-AVApAL48Yf6o797RslLR 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//eQHb2iPiv4Uz4cRAlitAJ4mpdhGhLOsKdUivQtHTfUUMDnK4wCfbst2 ZtsBW8aKW1MyHwbkJVAEW4A= =YYEq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-AVApAL48Yf6o797RslLR--
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