New port with maintainer ports@FreeBSD.org [was: Question about maintainers]

[Pav Lucistnik]

Paul Schmehl píše v čt 28. 07. 2005 v 16:31 -0500:
> --On Thursday, July 28, 2005 16:27:21 -0500 Scot Hetzel 
> <swhetzel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> > port   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 at .   5. Send a message to ports@ to see if anyone else had a problem
> > with that port, and a if they have a solution
> >
> Thanks, Scot.  That's helpful to know.  I wasn't aware, for example, that 
> anyone could submit PRs for a broken port.

Please don't do that, unless you also submit a fix.

Because committers are few and usually are not very familiar with the
given broken port. Such PRs tend to be left untouched for years and then
swept under the carpet too often.

-- 
Pav Lucistnik <pav at oook.cz>
              <pav at FreeBSD.org>

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