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

[Roman Neuhauser]

# kris at obsecurity.org / 2005-07-29 11:17:58 -0400:
> On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 12:37:06PM +0200, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
 
    [ some agitated stuff]

> Roman, I haven't seen you respond to my mail detailing precisely what
> the policy is and why is in effect.  You've only replied to other
> emails which discuss other interpretations or misunderstandings of the
> policy, or related concerns.  Instead of continuing to do this,
> perhaps I can direct you to my email?

    Yup, glad you pointed it out again, it makes things much more
    practical. I'll contact mcl privately about some of the further
    points he made.

# kris at obsecurity.org / 2005-07-28 16:50:49 -0400:
> The bottom line is that if you care enough to submit a port for
> FreeBSD, you need to care enough to make sure you submit a *working*
> port to FreeBSD,

    That's assumed, and I never submit broken stuff know-/willingly.

> and that means you list yourself as maintainer at least for the first
> month or so until it is clear that there are no outstanding problems
> with the port.  After then, you can drop maintainership if you really
> don't want to continue to support the FreeBSD community in this way.

    And this makes for an interesting idea I need to think through.

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