cvs commit: ports/x11-wm/evilwm Makefile ports/x11-wm/openbox

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, May 22, 2003 at 08:10:06AM -0400, Trevor Johnson wrote:
> Tilman Linneweh wrote:
> 
> > If you don't have the time to handle PRs for 6 months (evilwm) and 8 months
> > (openbox), you should consider removing yourself from MAINTAINER.
> 
> I think of it the opposite way--that dumping a port with open PRs onto
> someone else is not a good thing.  I have been mulling over dropping some
> other ports, but I am still interested in these two.
> 
> I am humbled to realize that you believe ports at freebsd.org does better
> maintenance than I, and are willing to say so in public.  There must be
> many others who hold the same opinion of me, but have kept quiet.

Useful ports without a maintainer tend to find a new one fairly
quickly.  Inactive maintainers who ignore maintenance of the port for
nearly a year but don't let anyone else step in to fix things aren't
good for FreeBSD.

Kris

P.S. Just a reminder that you are listed as maintainer of over a dozen
ports that fail to build for various reasons.  I hope you'll find the
time to look at them soon.
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