From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 24 19:22:28 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3B416A417 for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:22:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@layer8.net) Received: from elf.layer8.net (layer8.NET [147.28.0.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1DAD643D4C for ; Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:22:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ben@layer8.net) Received: (qmail 77795 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2006 19:22:48 -0000 Received: from dsl254-017-242.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO ?172.16.100.253?) (ben@216.254.17.242) by layer8.net with SMTP; 24 Sep 2006 19:22:48 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4516D34A.8060208@FreeBSD.org> References: <200609241802.k8OI2aOJ087693@freefall.freebsd.org> <4516D34A.8060208@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <1AC4E09C-F6CF-44B2-9EB8-B38F0705E60F@layer8.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Benjamin Black Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:22:27 -0700 To: "Bruce M. Simpson" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/99859: New port: net/xorp, open source routing protocol suite X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 19:22:28 -0000 bruce, this is quite absurd. on july 6th i submitted my xorp 1.2 port. on august 2nd xorp 1.3 was released. on september 21st my xorp PR is put back in the queue. on september 22nd you committed your xorp 1.3 port. on september 24th you closed my PR from july 6th and asked me to fix your broken port, explaining you had little free time. that your port was in your local tree "for quite some time" is interesting, as my port was submitted a month before 1.3, the basis for your port, was released. further, your port includes flaws that would've gotten a port by anyone but a committer kicked back for fixes. instead, you put your port in the tree and ask me to fix it. an interesting interpretation of "community development". you should either have committed my port, as it was, and then asked me to provide updates to 1.3 or you should've asked for the updates to 1.3 and then committed my port. do the right thing and i'm happy to help. do the wrong thing, as you have, and you are on your own. good luck, ben On Sep 24, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > Benjamin Black wrote: >> >> am i to understand that, even though i submitted a working port >> for this months ago, you have instead put your own recently >> constructed one in the tree and are asking me to fix it? >> > Yes, because I just saw your PR today. My XORP time is currently > best-effort only, and sadly, it isn't funded time right at this > moment in time. I've had a port in my local tree for quite some > time. I see that you already did a lot of good work, so it would be > great if that effort didn't go to waste. > > Thanks, > BMS >