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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 2015 17:46:46 +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-RlpA5Kj54x@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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--- Comment #8 from John Marino <marino@FreeBSD.org> ---
(In reply to Chris Hutchinson from comment #7)
> I still don't see myself as unqualified.

Well, as I said up front, it's based on reviewing your previous works.  I'm
sure there's been some improvement, but I think this is expert-level stuff.  I
am not willing to denote that title to you yet.

> So am I to understand that *potentially* making portmaster better
> would also leave it "hated"? 

There's no "potentially" here.  Either it gets better or it doesn't.  Until it
does, it's definitely hated.  If it did get all the stuff fixed it would only
be merely annoying -- but since no official is maintaining it, it can be
disowned.  So basically -- if it's fully functional, nobody can complain about
it.

> Is there no salvation for portmaster?

Personally I don't get why it deserves salvation.  I think it's time came and
went, but the answer is within my previous.


I think the best approach is prove that you are qualified -- and you do that by
proving patches to fix all the reported problems.  If you fixed them all and
nobody else is doing it, I'd say you would have proven you can and should be
the maintainer.  

So just use bugzilla, search for "portmaster" and start fixing them.  Don't
worry about the title.

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