Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:52:17 -0500 (CDT) From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Subject: Re: Email nagging, was: Re: Ports with version numbersgoingbackwards: graphics/gd,japanese/gd, ukrain... Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0410122050130.4166-100000@pancho> In-Reply-To: <20041012235021.GF10363@k7.mavetju>
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Edwin Groothuis wrote: > I like solid arguments, but can you please explain what N and what > On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 06:43:55PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote: > > On Wed, 13 Oct 2004, Oliver Eikemeier wrote: > > > > > Uhm, I wonder why you are fine with hourly `INDEX build failed' > > > messages, but oppose those addressing PORTVERSION. Any crucial > > > difference I'm missing? > > > > N ports vs M ports, N >> M. > > M stands for? INDEX builds can affect around 11700 ports. A bad port checkin probably affects 1-10 ports. 11700 >> 10. i.e. people will more happily tolerate gripe-email about something that affects 11700 ports than one that affects 10. mcl
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