Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:55:05 +0100 From: Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How are [MAINTAINER] patches handled and why aren't PRs FIFO? Message-ID: <BANLkTinLwMTqYxAjyHHHQS4K1=uLxNjNwA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110427085445.391a015e@seibercom.net> References: <4DB7B237.7000603@marino.st> <BANLkTinoGufNYZmkFgQmwGR4RjBXWXcDTA@mail.gmail.com> <20110427075436.70ae18ac@seibercom.net> <BANLkTinvAp8L%2BKcw4gZ=p39qMSD7AfXoGw@mail.gmail.com> <20110427085445.391a015e@seibercom.net>
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On 27 April 2011 13:54, Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:00:17 +0100 > Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com> articulated: > >> How do you define respect? I find the committers extremely respectful. > > Allowing a submitter to languish for an indeterminate period without > any notification of what is transpiring with his/her submission is not > respectful, it is benign neglect. > > As I stated, each submitted item should be handled in a basic FIFO > order unless there is a specific reason for not doing so. If such > reason exists then the original submitter should be informed of this > irregularity. Waiting for months while items submitted after the > submitter's item are approved without notifying the submitter of why is > certainly not friendly or respectful, unless of course you work for > the motor vehicle or parking department in which case it is just > business as usual. > > I have been at both extremes of the spectrum on this, having had items > committed within days and conversely waiting for an extended period of > time and finally asking specifically why an item was not committed > before anything happened. The present system is broken, or at the very > least poorly implemented, unless the goal is to keep a submitter in the > dark. I reiterate, there is no logical reason to jump over one user's > submission and proceed with another user's submission without formally > notifying the submitter of the older item why his/her item is being > bypassed. > I believe the standard protocol is to jump on IRC and ask for advice -- it could be something very little -- or it's been lost in the swarm (less likely). I honestly don't think that there's much wrong with the system as it is; once you get better at making submissions, taking time to read the Porter's Handbook your patches become committed more and more quickly. Chris
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