Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:53:45 -0500 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dropping maintainership of my ports Message-ID: <20110428235345.GB9411@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <20110427082323.GI34314@home.opsec.eu> References: <20110427014343.GJ38579@comcast.net> <BANLkTim0SBHNaUVhN0X9QvVm2Y_vKOf7EA@mail.gmail.com> <20110427060917.GB73524@comcast.net> <4DB7B75C.7080902@marino.st> <20110427071543.GD73524@comcast.net> <20110427074958.GA28824@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <20110427082323.GI34314@home.opsec.eu>
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:23:23AM +0200, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Maybe, if maintainer can "somehow easily" become ports committer, > this hurdle might be lower ? This has been discussed before. The barrier to entry is currently set at the "seems to be willing to work on FreeBSD over a period of many months, and a fair number of PRs." The problem with lowering it is that the Ports Collection is complex; new committers need to e.g. understand how a single port commit might affect other ports (e.g. broken INDEX), among many other things. Again, it's not a new idea; it's just that we have decided not to do it. mcl
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