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Date:      Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:55:35 -0400
From:      Jerry <jerry@seibercom.net>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How are [MAINTAINER] patches handled and why aren't PRs FIFO?
Message-ID:  <20110428155535.6cad9970@seibercom.net>
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On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:05:22 +0200
Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> articulated:

> Am 28.04.2011 01:25, schrieb Jerry:
> > On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:54:45 +0200
> > Olli Hauer <ohauer@FreeBSD.org> articulated:
> > 
> >> Maybe you have some time to spend?
> > 
> > Before I could reasonable be expected to set aside time, I would
> > need a detailed job description, etcetera. Perhaps you can supply
> > me with one?
> 
> See, and that's what committers might think, too: 'before I do lots of
> paperwork, I get something else done.'  Be that some PR filed by
> someone else than you, or reading a book rather than doing ports
> work. :-) Counting recreation into "something else" because it's also
> useful to make any headway sustainably.

No disrespect meant; however, I just showed your response to two other
individuals who both concurred with me that your reply is nonsensical.
Would you please rewrite it in basic English using proper sentence
structure. Perhaps we should start at the beginning. Do you know what a
"Job Description" <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_description>;
actually is?

-- 
Jerry ✌
jerry+ports@seibercom.net

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