ports/95708: freebsd startup script for sec port
Ion-Mihai IOnut Tetcu
itetcu at FreeBSD.org
Sat Jul 15 09:00:57 UTC 2006
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 21:07:05 -0700
Jo Rhett <jrhett at svcolo.com> wrote:
> > On 04/05/2006, Jo Rhett wrote:
> > > I'm highly amused that I would be asked to make some changes, when
> > > the request for said changes requires more typing than making the
> > > changes. This is what, 41 characters different?
>
> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 08:43:15PM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote:
> > Some maintainers object, vociferously, to any change made to their ports
> > without their approval. Therefore, the default policy is that maintainers
> > need to be asked, because it is too difficult to remember which maintainers
> > will complain and which won't. This is a classical case of "damned if you
> > do, damned if you don't."
>
> I'm not certain we're talking about the same thing.
>
> Bouncing a patch back to me for a 12-character replacement seemed silly.
[I don't know the case in question here.]
In addition, in general, bouncing back a change to the maintainer is also a learning
experience that, hopefully, will teach them not to make the same
mistake next time. You'd amazed how much we have to deal with same
mistakes over and over again.
--
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