Date: Wed, 10 May 2017 23:03:03 +0200 From: Kurt Jaeger <lists@opsec.eu> To: Natasha Kerensikova <natbsd@instinctive.eu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ada and GNAT maintainership proposition Message-ID: <20170510210303.GG87900@home.opsec.eu> In-Reply-To: <20170510114351.GA61453@nat.rebma.instinctive.eu> References: <20170510114351.GA61453@nat.rebma.instinctive.eu>
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Hi! > I'm afraid there isn't anybody, and that's why I'm asking here whether I > can be that somebody. If you submit PRs for upgrades of ada/gnat related ports, and poke committers to 'test-build and commit them', then yes, please maintain those ports. Committers mostly do build-tests, and if you add run-test targets to ports, that would be helpful, too. > The problem is that Marino's shoes are difficult to fill. I'm basically > applying for a position while I have no experience (I only compiled gcc > three times in my life), no relevant skill (except reading C), and > almost no time. The only thing preventing me from being the most > ill-suited person for the role is that I care. Is it enough? Yes. > I'm used to imposter's syndrome, but taking for example the recent thread > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2017-April/108130.html > that's already way beyond my league. Ask questions, and maybe someone will help out. That's how I do it, it works most of the time 8-} > On top of that, I'm only running recent -RELEASE, I'm not sure I can > find a box on which to run -CURRENT, and I don't hope having some > -STABLE or older -RELEASE available. That limits quite a bit my testing > capabilities. If you send me PR numbers with patches, I can testbuild them on those systems: 103 10.3-RELEASE amd64 10i 10.3-RELEASE-p17 i386 11a 11.0-RELEASE-p1 amd64 11i 11.0-RELEASE-p1 i386 cur 12.0-CURRENT r315086 amd64 And with more CPU and braintime, I might get this back in shape: arm6 12.0-CURRENT r306902 arm.armv6 p64 12.0-CURRENT r306902 powerpc.powerpc64 > So at this point, is there anybody to talk me out of trying to maintain > gcc-aux and some of the Ada ports left behind? > > What is the procedure to ask for maintainership on these? Submit a patch for the ports where you claim maintainer by setting MAINTAINER= <email>. -- pi@opsec.eu +49 171 3101372 3 years to go !
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