Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:12:12 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@tx.rr.com> To: Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How are [MAINTAINER] patches handled and why aren't PRs FIFO? Message-ID: <CC6CC78D29D51F2F80F47C72@utd71538.local> In-Reply-To: <4DB9D390.2090102@FreeBSD.org> References: <4DB7B237.7000603@marino.st> <BANLkTinoGufNYZmkFgQmwGR4RjBXWXcDTA@mail.gmail.com> <20110427075436.70ae18ac@seibercom.net> <4DB96EC9.8000506@FreeBSD.org> <20110428190745.GE77343@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <4DB9D390.2090102@FreeBSD.org>
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--On April 28, 2011 10:52:32 PM +0200 Matthias Andree <mandree@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Am 28.04.2011 21:07, schrieb Chip Camden: >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it committers have commit >> privilege for all ports. What if certain qualified port maintainers who >> aren't committers were nevertheless given commit access for only the leaf >> ports that they maintain? Wouldn't that speed up the overall process? > > It looks like you're asking for a technical solution to a non-technical > problem. Chris Rees has posted an archive link, and my take is that > we're already trying to ask such "qualified port maintainers" to become > ports committers and not care too much about how fine-grained ports > access is. > I personally think it's a bad idea for a port maintainer to be the committer for their own ports. Getting even minor changes committed to the tree should require two independent sets of eyes. -- Paul Schmehl, Senior Infosec Analyst As if it wasn't already obvious, my opinions are my own and not those of my employer. ******************************************* "It is as useless to argue with those who have renounced the use of reason as to administer medication to the dead." Thomas Jefferson "There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them." George Orwell
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