From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 29 11:12:52 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: ports@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C623716A425 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:12:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from e0-a11.b1.lan.prg.vol.cz (e0-a11.b1.lan.prg.vol.cz [195.122.204.152]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6B2943D46 for ; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:12:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: from pav.hide.vol.cz (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by e0-a11.b1.lan.prg.vol.cz (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6TBCw6T005849; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:12:58 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from pav@localhost) by pav.hide.vol.cz (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id j6TBCrTw005848; Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:12:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from pav@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: pav.hide.vol.cz: pav set sender to pav@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Pav Lucistnik To: Lupe Christoph In-Reply-To: <1122634769.42ea0c11751e8@buexe.b-5.de> References: <42E81050.7090305@cs.tu-berlin.de> <66A226C3557B48ED535E3FED@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20050727230523.GB54954@isis.sigpipe.cz> <20050728154248.GA943@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <20050728164111.GA66015@isis.sigpipe.cz> <42E917BA.10406@exit.com> <790a9fff050728142793c7588@mail.gmail.com> <47ECFCB8BE498CEAB57757D7@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <1122588979.97751.1.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <1122634769.42ea0c11751e8@buexe.b-5.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-9DdYuNwvSkzohaFhubZS" Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 13:12:52 +0200 Message-Id: <1122635572.66245.26.camel@pav.hide.vol.cz> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org, Paul Schmehl Subject: Re: New port with maintainer ports@FreeBSD.org [was: Question about maintainers] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: pav@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:12:52 -0000 --=-9DdYuNwvSkzohaFhubZS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Lupe Christoph p=ED=A8e v p=E1 29. 07. 2005 v 12:59 +0200: > Quoting Pav Lucistnik : > > Paul Schmehl p=ED=B9e v =E8t 28. 07. 2005 v 16:31 -0500: >=20 > > > Thanks, Scot. That's helpful to know. I wasn't aware, for example, = that > > > anyone could submit PRs for a broken port. >=20 > > Please don't do that, unless you also submit a fix. >=20 > > Because committers are few and usually are not very familiar with the > > given broken port. Such PRs tend to be left untouched for years and the= n > > swept under the carpet too often. >=20 > I see such PRs as useful. At least the save effort for people having > the same problem, pointing them to a known deficiency. And they *might* > still get fixed. In theory, yes. In practice, majority of them never see a single followup and all they serve for is to keep GNATS numbers high. We should have a gang of people scouring GNATS, reproducing problems and obtaining more details from submitters and maintainers. We don't have such people now. Whole another deal is if we should be fixing flaws in the software itself, or even adding new features. I'm personally strongly against this - ports should limit itself to package the software properly, nothing more. If someone submit a PR about some FTP server wrongly transcoding cyrillic filenames, what should *we* do about it? That's authors job. --=20 Pav Lucistnik --=-9DdYuNwvSkzohaFhubZS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBC6g80ntdYP8FOsoIRAvGgAJwI6sKsKSb/rhU85O7c5ZIw3jvd2gCghy8j o9PuxQyRnQXIHEBEoXR7aAI= =Ey4a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-9DdYuNwvSkzohaFhubZS--