[Bug 199582] ports-mgmt/portmaster ADOPT (take MAINTAINER)

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=199582

Chris Hutchinson <portmaster at bsdforge.com> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Chris Hutchinson <portmaster at bsdforge.com> ---
(In reply to John Marino from comment #1)
> Chris,
> I know is this going to come off rude, but I don't know how to sugar coat
> what comes next.
> 
> The maintenance of portmaster requires committer-level expertise -- real
> in-depth knowledge of the ports system which is a fast moving target.  In my
> opinion you haven't demonstrated the level of expertise that I suspect is
> required.
> 
> This is not a typical "hey, throw my name of it" port.  It should be
> maintained at an official level or honestly removed.
> 
> I almost think the maintainership should be restricted to committers.  Not
> to be exclusive but because it's rare non-committers have the knowledge (and
> when they acquire it, they are recruited to be committers)

As always, I *greatly* appreciate your candor, whether I like the
sound of it, or not. I also appreciate your consideration. I disagree
with nearly none of what you state here; save my ability to manage
this port. I quite agree that this is not a simple task, and I have
long used, and wanted the opportunity to maintain this port. It is my
opinion that users of this port might be better served, if it were
converted to Perl; providing the ability to break it up into modules,
so as to make the *enormous* collection of routines it is now composed
of, *far* more manageable, and coherent. No?

Thanks you again, John -- really.

--Chris

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