From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 11 01:57:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6481106566B for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:57:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qy0-f200.google.com (mail-qy0-f200.google.com [209.85.221.200]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C37A8FC15 for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:57:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qyk38 with SMTP id 38so622731qyk.27 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:57:54 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:content-type:to:subject :references:date:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:from :message-id:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=KXmWfi1njA5FYZhwgSjARxaD/gU9ma0TKEQ61SgTFpE=; b=VCGKwbEpkSd/jilOnyETCol0Ke80SeoEaY8tYTbTkbx5FFkOeu5njPWRJDghpMm5fG n04HC2f87QI1PoqCmHaRt3MDycQTF8mxCQBesP+D08PAQsBIb3V1xVsFa9yz/pEhGIVx CSkZXXssIMy67M3GGvwIaXTpEP4aHhYPoq91g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=content-type:to:subject:references:date:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding:from:message-id:in-reply-to:user-agent; b=koxMF1R/awlalrHdDTctECThb6PbBD6OrRdB7JeV0jQ5pgiMJN00m3BCapbyAggMQz V51boEXqSDE31IiZjkmxm4pVFu8lQV1N4hX/aSYX0lzTyrLgZIWvY87ab/Q2qDB8kZjv PKn7B2Yp9QuXmZsTE30PLvKvHAnQuWpVOXwhE= Received: by 10.224.107.210 with SMTP id c18mr2073027qap.137.1252634274529; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:57:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (c-71-230-240-241.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.230.240.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 8sm288586qwj.8.2009.09.10.18.57.52 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:57:53 -0700 (PDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: "Peter Beckman" , ports@freebsd.org References: Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:55:13 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: "Glen Barber" Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.00 (FreeBSD) Cc: Subject: Re: audio/sox bump to 14.3.0 request X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:57:55 -0000 Hi. On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:31:53 -0400, Peter Beckman wrote: > I haven't heard back from the maintainer of sox yet on the requested bump > to sox 14.3.0. I didn't find any process outlined in the handbook or the > porters handbook, and I would have searched the archives but the search > index hasn't been rebuilt since 2007. > Regarding ports that are maintained, there is generally a 2 week timeout with PRs regarding port upgrades (which is noted in the handbook), assuming a patch is provided. The most likely delay with your situation is that you did not support a patch to actually perform the update - simply the request. Upgrading ports that has other maintainers is time consuming to begin with - even moreso when you do not provide a patch to aide in the process. > I searched the archives via google with no real results on any process on > how to poke the maintainer to life. > You CC'd the maintainer. That is sufficient. -- Glen Barber