Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:59:20 +1100 From: Sam Lawrance <boris@brooknet.com.au> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "Being a port maintainer" document Message-ID: <41BB97E8.6010702@brooknet.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20041212000009.GB86390@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20041212000009.GB86390@xor.obsecurity.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote: >At the moment, too many of our ports have no maintainer. This means >that there's no-one available to fix problems that occur with the >ports or to deal with user support questions. In some cases this is >probably because no-one actually uses the software in question any >more, but in other cases it's probably just because no-one in the user >community has come forward to take over. > >I'd like to put out a general call for people to volunteer to maintain >our unmaintained ports -- this is a great way for users to "give >something back" to FreeBSD and help out the project -- but we need >some form of document we can show them that lists the rights and >responsibilities of port maintainers, so they have an idea of what's >expected from them. The porters' handbook does a good job of >describing the details of constructing a port, but not the >higher-level aspects of being a port maintainer. > >e.g. > >* Updating the port when a new version is released > >* Pushing local changes back upstream to the original authors > >* Fixing port errors reported by the package build cluster > >* Dealing with user support requests, at least by pointing them to the >upstream developers for cases where it's not clearly a FreeBSD >port-specific problem. > >* Evaluating PRs submitted against the port > >* Responding to change requests in a timely manner (2 weeks). > >* ... > >Can someone write up such a document? > > I volunteer to have a go at writing this. Maybe I'll gather some extra inspiration while dealing with my broken ports and feedback PRs :) -- Sam Lawrance ph +61 0425 228 579 freenode: deft
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