Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 17:27:41 -0500 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@FreeBSD.org> To: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PLEASE REVIEW: MAINTAINER policy addendum to porters-handbook Message-ID: <1073600861.752.65.camel@gyros> In-Reply-To: <20040108221340.GY8322@submonkey.net> References: <1073599686.752.62.camel@gyros> <20040108221340.GY8322@submonkey.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 17:13, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:08:06PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > Attached is a patch to the porter's handbook that spells out the > > policies regarding maintainer timeout, AWOL maintainers, and special > > privileges granted to portmgr@ and so@. Can someone please review these > > changes, and let me know if they are okay to commit? Thanks. > > Looks fine from a docbook point of view, Joe, but I think perhaps > "holidays" could be better defined; do you mean "the maintainer is on > holiday", or "public holidays"? If the latter, whose? I was referring to public holidays. MY main point here was big holidays like Christmas where a lot of people are generally traveling or AFK. > > > + <para>If the maintainer of a port does not respond to a an update > > + request from a user after two weeks (excluding holidays), then > > I wouldn't normally be picky, but this is a policy definition. You're absolutely right. Do you have a suggestion on how this can be clarified? Thanks. Joe > > Ceri -- Joe Marcus Clarke FreeBSD GNOME Team :: marcus@FreeBSD.org gnome@FreeBSD.org FreeNode / #freebsd-gnome http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQA//dldb2iPiv4Uz4cRAi5iAJ45zMUOMtT2a5RHtxe5B+d2Bi/kLwCfYNj0 /bCG3z0ZV0vd/PuzAtXufz4= =uXrf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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