Date: Sun, 2 May 2010 22:49:27 +0200 From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: Tim A <cxtim@live.com> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dixit port bad management Message-ID: <1211F611-FEC1-4BA0-A358-BA88F83DA46D@elvandar.org> In-Reply-To: <COL105-W64A7586A8A88F0FC9457A9C8F10@phx.gbl> References: <COL105-W64A7586A8A88F0FC9457A9C8F10@phx.gbl>
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On May 2, 2010, at 9:59 PM, Tim A wrote: >=20 > 1) I don't understand why the Textproc/Dixit port is so badly managed. = The program itself is at version 10.4, while your unprofessional port = still stays at version 1.0.1, claiming that the GCC 4.2 compilation is = broken.=20 >=20 > 2) I don't understand either why you don't use Dixit sourceforge RSS = feeds to know when a new version is available.=20 >=20 > 3) I don't understand how your Dixit port points to files which don't = exist anymore. >=20 > 4) I don't understand the suprematism attitude of the maintainers in = charge, who don't give a penny on the programs they are suppose to = maintain. They are only interested in the statistics generated by their = unprofessional ports, but not in their quality. =20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Tim > =20 Dear Tim, Thank you for sending this email. As you might understand, people come = and go on the project, things get fixed, imported, and left alone. But.. the great part of our community is.. you can help! I see that this = is hurting you badly.. you can change this, you can help us upgrading the port, and making sure it entirely works. How about that? I invite = you to become an active member of the community and help us to get proper support. Untill then, your email is noted and hopefully someone will have the = time/motivation etc to fix this. Thank you for using FreeBSD! --=20 /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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