From owner-cvs-all Mon Oct 21 14:54: 5 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4844837B401; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:54:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from elvis.mu.org (elvis.mu.org [192.203.228.196]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBD0B43E3B; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:54:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bright@elvis.mu.org) Received: by elvis.mu.org (Postfix, from userid 1192) id B36F2AE2AB; Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:54:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 14:54:03 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Steve Kargl Cc: Garrett Wollman , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/lang/elk/files patch-af Message-ID: <20021021215403.GP91539@elvis.mu.org> References: <200210211954.g9LJsfJL028323@repoman.freebsd.org> <20021021200304.GA55433@xor.obsecurity.org> <20021021203514.GA96125@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <200210212040.g9LKenlq068013@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <20021021204624.GA41309@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021021204624.GA41309@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Steve Kargl [021021 13:46] wrote: > On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 04:40:49PM -0400, Garrett Wollman wrote: > > < said: > > > > > Sigh. I can see that submitting PRs to fix the > > > ports collections has been a waste of my time. > > > > > PR ports/44285 > > > > Well, it rather depends on who's doing the work. I am occasionally > > motivated to do a search for `long-hanging fruit' in the bento logs, > > but I rarely ever look at the PR database (that's more effort than I > > normally care to put it). > > > > I looked at the bento logs and chose broken ports > assigned to ports@freebsd.org. I fixed 10 ports > this weekend. So far, graphics/mpeg_encode > and now lang/elk have been fixed today by committers > who didn't check the PR database. There was a > commit to print/gv today to fix a (different) problem, > yet the committer did not check to see that I actually > fixed/worked-around the install problem. If anyone was truly motivated they might code up something that does a double confirm when committing to a port that has an outstanding PR, or how about warning if checking out a port module that has an open PR? -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message