cvs commit: ports/net/rdesktop pkg-plist
Alexey Dokuchaev
danfe at FreeBSD.org
Fri Mar 11 02:52:26 PST 2005
On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 02:19:06PM -0500, Adam Weinberger wrote:
> >> (03.10.2005 @ 1409 PST): Florent Thoumie said, in 1.2K: <<
> > David E. O'Brien wrote:
> > >obrien 2005-03-10 19:05:11 UTC
> > >
> > > FreeBSD ports repository
> > >
> > > Modified files:
> > > net/rdesktop pkg-plist
> > > Log:
> > > Sort the keymaps.
> > >
> > > Revision Changes Path
> > > 1.5 +32 -32 ports/net/rdesktop/pkg-plist
> >
> > This is your third commit to get rdesktop updated
> > in two days.
> >
> > There was a PR pending with a patch included. Maintainer
> > has been cc'ed.
> >
> > Please respect ownership when not working on your ports,
> > or at least wait for maintainer timeout before applying
> > your changes.
> >> end of "Re: cvs commit: ports/net/rdesktop pkg-plist" from Florent Thoumie <<
>
> Sorting the pkg-plist is a trivial change, and was the maintainer's
> responsibility in the first place. Asking for maintainer approval
> for trivial fixes supports a level of bureaucracy that, while nice
> in concept, simple prevents people from applying trivial fixes.
>
> Note that I'm not commenting on David's other commits to rdesktop;
> I haven't looked at them. Note also that I do not know what is in
> the PR. My only argument here is that committers should not feel
> like applying trivial fixes and routine maintenance to the ports
> tree amounts to stepping on someone's toes.
The problem is that you'll never know all cases. Sometimes a simple
change might cause a problem, and instead of guessing, it's always good
idea to check with maintainer. Just leaves no room for misunderstanding
and feeling that ones maintainer status is being ignored.
./danfe
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