Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 14:06:02 +0100 From: "A.J. 'Fonz' van Werven" <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> To: marino@freebsd.org Cc: "ports@FreeBSD.org" <ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: If ports@ list continues to be used as substitute for GNATS, I'm unsubscribing Message-ID: <20131221130602.GA48590@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> In-Reply-To: <52B0D149.5020308@marino.st> References: <52B0D149.5020308@marino.st>
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--tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable John Marino wrote: > Over the months I've seen several ports users copy a failure log and > mail it to ports@, usually without even saying "hello". I've tried to > discourage that behavior but other members of this mail list encourage > this method of bypassing writing PRs. One user even proudly boasted > that sending email to ports@ is faster than writing a PR so of course he > was going to do that instead. For what it's worth: the article "Writing FreeBSD Problem Reports" (see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/article= =2Ehtml ) actually encourages people to try mailing lists before submitting a PR. To quote section 3 "Preparations": "The mailing lists-if you are not subscribed, use the searchable archives on the FreeBSD web site. If your problem has not been discussed on the lists, you might try posting a message about it and waiting a few days to see if someone can spot something you have overlooked." Please note that I'm not voicing an opinion one way or the other, it's just something I noticed and that I thought could be relevant. AvW --=20 I'm not completely useless, I can be used as a bad example. --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJStZI6AAoJEAfP7gJTaCe8qoYQAJUbKM4CbJt00cQuo7AmJvW1 ihWlSOvXMQ4S4lTi4iCqbbr1iwa6EadlYE5q3HLpuDAEbr3hIh48U7wRgYPKkVhO xZnBGtf0o2Fbj4Wcu9c+10WLg5+iRWrVGqdv0N07Vv4g+2ShEQ+McxaVr1Memafb fxysxdbobQLa/40l7nigpaTitMTfwHwfoZr793hjaAk/c+O+J/62pFYVEW1XzzN6 VJHmDWo1j6qkVXQyKGf/MpoJcv585Q93EIkthFmj2nFHXEss2O0ACVYzm0ffQ1PO G1NOj+StR3aYpddVt7UWhXRZIU4yc/+GjLGwBTWQGNlygL7HDnU13g24ChqvthxN gIoi1Ug456pvYSdBo1PMjtH6RLozUtZ7wSB9tJmf5x7wwygxcasvvuIy6M7POWe2 tePjwDM7k4GVwCfcpSnhhIw31QJtRWdMS1xr2iaJS3qETExuEPL2nRF+SwwESsZ0 GCQtKkjXl/Wyxg5zdIp8xKyXnRjIK52Ka4Jhp330B/9vmeu4N0rwjF9mBeaoWn4z 205tgK6XB0OrT9jphzXtInkIInt8Cy6Ms9o26gwyt1CpZjEKxKqfgBwbDLzkSX/n Mvq9+8yBuKdZ5TrcCMtM96iR1lIt8tjR+1APCTOZ45SefEk/GWOftBHznGKP/2nI V2AUhdu8V+iIHCvbRgFL =OvMJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tKW2IUtsqtDRztdT--
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