From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 11 02:01:01 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 92E71106566C for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:01:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beckman@angryox.com) Received: from nog.angryox.com (nog.angryox.com [70.164.19.87]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DC9F8FC0A for ; Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:01:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nog.angryox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nog.angryox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E7832C3CD8; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:01:00 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=angryox.com; h=date:from :to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type; s=powerfulgood; bh=JAUnOx+VEKoxE/j7KUihgo4/3NI=; b= lPiAClhSHpQGk29DlqAlFvkABpBHE757QpaVtNmbSNUIkxjPvFIPIxfR+UYZfyx4 cFRCH/ivPQ3YJUtDW+G+J2PQi8+wrKvV+FuZx69d4Z1iQFaLRExqczTqVdPsW9Th V2RQZLpPlMB9Y3NU5b1/bIkXPEB/K6x+uRFniSNBy9k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=angryox.com; h=date:from:to :cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=powerfulgood; b=I6LiFVO7HT0fXhknt6Q/27qq G5vqD0jqC7vw1ExrHIlQC57r2RU+czSiVY8nrOqHFOnShybrdvpQsGCwoEgHRERu R42UfveVTbxW6M+zGGbTlHJTBNUx76KCsU0nRu+Uv8N28kt8ECFnBiitTulCbFAV DxZWw0Ex4B5099ND2JQ= Received: by nog.angryox.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 60AC02C3CD2; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:01:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nog.angryox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EB072C3CCE; Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:01:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:01:00 -0400 From: Peter Beckman To: Glen Barber In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (BSF 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: ports@freebsd.org 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 02:01:01 -0000 On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Glen Barber wrote: > 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. Awesome, thanks Glen. I didn't see the 2 week timeout in the handbook, must have missed it. I'll work on learning how to build the package so I can submit a diff rather than a request. Beckman --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Beckman Internet Guy beckman@angryox.com http://www.angryox.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------