[Bug 199582] ports-mgmt/portmaster ADOPT (take MAINTAINER)

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--- Comment #7 from Chris Hutchinson <portmaster at bsdforge.com> ---
(In reply to John Marino from comment #5)
> There's lots of negatives to you doing a poor job.
> 
> 1) By you picking it up 2 days after it's drop, you prevent others from
> being a maintainer -- and potentially people that are more qualified.  So by
> applying a first-come-first-serve approach rather than an "maintainer will
> be selected from pool of applicants" approach has an obvious downside
I still don't see myself as unqualified.
> 
> 2) portmaster is widely hated by the pool of committers.  Nobody is going to
> be happy to see it languish rather than be eliminated.  So if you aren't up
> to the task, there's a clear downside if the inevitable is to remove it. 
I only offered that, because you seem so adamant about my inability to
maintain it. *Not* because I think you may be correct in that regard.
> 
> 3) Portmaster is hindering people from using proper, officially supported
> tools.  This is another reason committers would like to see it go if it's
> not correctly supported.
> 
> 4) Users are going to stick with portmaster but if it's not properly
> supported you are not doing them any favors.  they'd be better served to
> move now.
> 
> See?
Yes.
> 
> Have you really thought about these aspects?
Yes. Except that I haven't considered the "committers hate portmaster"
aspect, except that you brought it up earlier. Which also would include
that affect on the others you mention.
So am I to understand that *potentially* making portmaster better
would also leave it "hated"? Is there no salvation for portmaster?
This seems part of the larger message here.

--Chris

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