Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:38:48 -0400 From: Wesley Shields <wxs@FreeBSD.org> To: Mark Foster <mark@foster.cc> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/132800: vuxml submission for net-im/ejabberd Message-ID: <20090417163848.GC68145@atarininja.org> In-Reply-To: <49E8A264.7000001@foster.cc> References: <49E8A264.7000001@foster.cc>
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 08:38:12AM -0700, Mark Foster wrote: > I'm following up regarding this apparent maintainer timeout. It's not my > intention to place blame, but to me it is unacceptable that important > security (vuxml) updates are sometimes blocked by unresponsive > maintainers. It is not in the best interest of the users or FreeBSD to > let these things slip. Agreed. This one managed to slip through the cracks. Sorry about that. > The vuxml updates should be reviewed & committed without waiting on the > maintainer of the port. Perhaps a simple non-blocking heads-up (Cc:) to > the maintainer is more appropriate. Once publicized, the security > notifications (via portaudit) become known to a wider, targetted > audience. This establishes an important feedback loop as opposed to > keeping the problem a "secret", since the users are more likely to > either nudge the maintainer for an update to the port or submit one (via > send-pr) themselves. I agree. VuXML submissions should be committed promptly. I'll work this one now and get it in the tree. Again, sorry for the delay. -- WXS
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