Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2013 17:20:42 +0100 From: Lars Engels <lars.engels@0x20.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: If ports@ list continues to be used as substitute for GNATS, I'm unsubscribing Message-ID: <a3add66e970a9147306158ed45c1d29e@mail.0x20.net> In-Reply-To: <52B0D149.5020308@marino.st> References: <52B0D149.5020308@marino.st>
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Am 2013-12-17 23:33, schrieb John Marino: > Over the months I've seen several ports users copy a failure log and > mail it to ports@, usually without even saying "hello". I've tried to > discourage that behavior but other members of this mail list encourage > this method of bypassing writing PRs. One user even proudly boasted > that sending email to ports@ is faster than writing a PR so of course > he > was going to do that instead. > That only shows how badly GNATS sucks and that it's much more uncomfortable to use than writing a mail. I totally agree that error need to be tracked in an error tracker where reports don't get lost, you have a proper history etc. pp. but GNATS is just ancient and should have died in a fire a long time ago.
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