Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:11:53 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: Aliya Harbouri <aliyaharbouri@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the right next step? Message-ID: <20071023201153.e8354485.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <200710232002.17866.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <dec0591d0710231632y5a61019x4c88ca5cd4ccc2c6@mail.gmail.com> <200710232002.17866.lists@jnielsen.net>
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John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote: > > On Tuesday 23 October 2007, Aliya Harbouri wrote: > > Hi everybody! > > > > If we've > > > > i) raised a question about a port on this list > > ii) sent an email to the port maintainer > > iii) filed a pr > > iv) waited ~ a month, then followed-up the pr > > > > and there's still no communication / action, what's the right next > > step? Is there a different list to communicate to/on for follow-up? > > Does your PR include a fix? > > If it does, make some noise about it on the freebsd-ports mailing list and > include the PR number and the fact that you've not heard back from the > maintainer. > > If it doesn't, you might still want to bring it up on -ports, but getting it > fixed depends on someone volunteering to take ownership of the problem (if > not outright maintainership of the port). Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release. During the freeze, you'll have difficulty getting any ports changes through. -- Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com
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