From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 9 09:14:03 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 811A416A4CE for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:14:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from box.hayers.net (82-34-128-159.cable.ubr02.gray.blueyonder.co.uk [82.34.128.159]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C808A43D3F for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 09:14:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Gary@hayers.org) Received: from bart (bart.hayers.net [192.168.0.3]) (authenticated bits=0) by box.hayers.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i39GE0rb023764 for ; Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:14:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from Gary@hayers.org) Message-Id: <200404091614.i39GE0rb023764@box.hayers.net> From: "Gary Hayers" To: "'FreeBSD-Ports'" Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 17:13:59 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 In-Reply-To: <20040409160234.GB31230@laptop.lambertfam.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2096 Thread-Index: AcQeTCf21hb0C+6oQBagttPm9HDm7QAAWqpA X-Virus-Scanned: by Sophos for Unix (http://www.sophos.com) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (1.212.2.1-2004-01-28-exp) on box.hayers.net X-Spam-Status: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=0, required 6, autolearn=not spam) Subject: RE: New port? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Apr 2004 16:14:03 -0000 Scott Lambert wrote: > I've had them committed the same day or two months later. The > keyword of "depends" is very true and, for me, expected in an all > volunteer project, especially one of this magnatude. > > I usually try to be patient and give the volunteers a month to notice > my PR and deal with it before sending a friendly "hey, I've got this > PR, ports/##### that does (something or other). Could some > interested committer take a look at it when they get a chance?" type > message to this list. > > Sometimes it takes a couple of those. Sometimes the "interested > committer" doesn't like something about my PR and asks me to change > something. Sometimes I just get a gnats followup message saying > "committed. thanks!" The process works, but you can't always just > submit the PR and forget about it. > > It makes my day every time one of my PRs is accepted. Someday, I > hope to get prolific enough that someone will try to punish me with a > commit bit. I'm probably a long time away from that. Thanks Scott, That's just what I needed to know. Regards, Gary Hayers System Operator (but not operating a system!) http://www.hayers.org/