Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:27:21 -0500 From: Scot Hetzel <swhetzel@gmail.com> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New port with maintainer ports@FreeBSD.org [was: Question about maintainers] Message-ID: <790a9fff050728142793c7588@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <FACB47A35BF38243FBC04766@utd59514.utdallas.edu> References: <C3B81AFDB8A5DFB5AB566CC4@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <42E81050.7090305@cs.tu-berlin.de> <66A226C3557B48ED535E3FED@utd59514.utdallas.edu> <20050727230523.GB54954@isis.sigpipe.cz> <20050728154248.GA943@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <20050728164111.GA66015@isis.sigpipe.cz> <42E917BA.10406@exit.com> <FACB47A35BF38243FBC04766@utd59514.utdallas.edu>
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On 7/28/05, Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: > Now I've finally created ports for the sensor and server portions of > sguild, and I'm working on the client portion. If FreeBSD adopts the > policy you suggest in your last paragraph, hat would me that I would *als= o* > have to take over maintainence for the following ports: tcl, itcl, tk and > iwidgets. >=20 > Can you imagine for a moment how intimidated I would have been had I had = to > take on that additional challenge? I am not a programmer. I've taken You wouldn't have to take on an additional challenge if one of the dependant ports is broken for a port your creating, what you could do is: 1. if MAINTAINER is not ports@, send a message to the MAINTAINER of the p= ort 2. Send a PR for the port with a description of the breakage and a build.log containing the error 3. Same as 2, but you also correct the problem in the port, and include a Patch in the PR 4. Same as 3, and also ask to take maintainership if MAINTAINER is ports@= . 5. Send a message to ports@ to see if anyone else had a problem with that port, and a if they have a solution Scot --=20 DISCLAIMER: No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised.
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