Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:09:18 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 199582] ports-mgmt/portmaster ADOPT (take MAINTAINER) Message-ID: <bug-199582-13-uQDyiyy9Sg@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> In-Reply-To: <bug-199582-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/> References: <bug-199582-13@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199582 --- Comment #5 from John Marino <marino@FreeBSD.org> --- There's lots of negatives to you doing a poor job. 1) By you picking it up 2 days after it's drop, you prevent others from being a maintainer -- and potentially people that are more qualified. So by applying a first-come-first-serve approach rather than an "maintainer will be selected from pool of applicants" approach has an obvious downside 2) portmaster is widely hated by the pool of committers. Nobody is going to be happy to see it languish rather than be eliminated. So if you aren't up to the task, there's a clear downside if the inevitable is to remove it. 3) Portmaster is hindering people from using proper, officially supported tools. This is another reason committers would like to see it go if it's not correctly supported. 4) Users are going to stick with portmaster but if it's not properly supported you are not doing them any favors. they'd be better served to move now. See? Have you really thought about these aspects? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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