Port Submission Etiquette

[Beech Rintoul]

On Tuesday 06 May 2008, Sahil Tandon said:
> I would like to submit a new port which "RUN_DEPENDS" another port;
> the latter did not exist in the tree, so I submitted it
> (ports/123382) on May 4. I fully appreciate the committers' various
> responsibilities and time constraints, so this is not a 'hey,
> what's taking you so long' query.  Since this was my first
> submission, I am just trying to get a sense of proper etiquette. 
> Is it bad form to email the committer who took responsibility of
> the PR asking whether I've made a glaring mistake which would be
> fixable via a follow-up?  Or should I simply wait for a "feedback"
> request if that were the case?
>
> Thanks.

Since I'm the committer in question, I'll go ahead and answer. First 
of all you just submitted this port two days ago and I haven't had 
time to look at it yet. While it's always ok to email the committer 
responsible with questions or concerns, the general rule is to give 
them time to work on it. Most committers are fairly prompt in their 
handling of pr's, but since we are all volunteers sometimes real life 
issues supersede. I think giving the committer a couple of weeks 
before following up is probably a good idea. Also, in general, new 
ports don't carry the same priority as fixes or updates, but that 
doesn't maen they should languish indefinately either. As 
for "glaring mistakes" if I find a serious problem with a port I will 
always email the submitter with either a fix or asking for further 
input. While there is no set policy on this, most committers will let 
you know if something isn't right or the port doesn't build. So 
please be patient and I will get to it as soon as I can.

Hope that answers your question :-)

Beech

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