From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 18 00:30:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B491B16A503 for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 00:30:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from diomedes.noc.ntua.gr (diomedes.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.222.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4152243D1D for ; Tue, 18 May 2004 00:30:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Received: from ajax.noc.ntua.gr (ajax.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.220.1]) i4I7UDl2083350; Tue, 18 May 2004 10:30:13 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Received: from [147.102.220.45] (hal.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.220.45]) by ajax.noc.ntua.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i4I7UDLj070369; Tue, 18 May 2004 10:30:13 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Message-ID: <40A9BB85.8010406@noc.ntua.gr> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 10:30:13 +0300 From: Panagiotis Astithas Organization: NTUA/NMC User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (X11/20040510) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Linimon References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: general question about java port PRs X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 07:30:39 -0000 Mark Linimon wrote: > I was surprised to find that some of the Java ports had PRs filed > against them, but not under the 'ports' category, instead under the > 'java' classification. As some of you may be aware, I have written a > set of programs that attempt to track the status of ports PRs and > correlate them with build errors seen on the build farm (among other > data: see portsmon.firepipe.net). However, I only track things under > 'ports', not 'java'. > > Shouldn't the 'java' category be reserved for such things as problems > with the JDK/JREs, or would you prefer that these ports PRs be left in > that category as well? I have been wondering about that as well. I believe that the 'java' category should be reserved for JDKs. Ordinary port upgrades and problem reports could benefit from the larger pool of commiters & volunteers monitoring the freebsd-ports list. I think that only three persons attend to java PRs (glewis, phantom & znerd). Cheers, -- Panagiotis Astithas Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD Network Management Center National Technical University of Athens, Greece