Ports version upping policy?

[Dan Langille]

On 12 Apr 2005 at 14:27, Florent Thoumie wrote:

> Le Mardi 12 avril 2005 à 08:24 -0400, Dan Langille a écrit :
> > On 12 Apr 2005 at 14:17, Florent Thoumie wrote:
> > 
> > > Le Mardi 12 avril 2005 à 08:12 -0400, Dan Langille a écrit :
> > > > On 12 Apr 2005 at 13:26, Florent Thoumie wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 	Yes, I've asked Dan Langille to add a special notice for these 
> > > > > 	ports so that people know they are unmaintained. Maybe we should
> > > > > 	think about it again. Dan ?
> > > > 
> > > > What sort of notice are you thinking of?
> > > 
> > > 	"The maintainer of this port is ports at FreeBSD.org, that means 
> > > 	the port is currently unmaintained and that here may be delays 
> > > 	between port updates."
> > 
> > How about:
> > 
> > "There is no maintainer for this port.  Updates may be delayed."
> 
> 	Fine with me, the shorter the better.
> 
> > > 	Maybe you can add another note saying that mail sent to ports@ 
> > > 	go to the freebsd-ports@ mailing list.
> > 
> > "Any concerns regarding this port should be directed to the FreeBSD 
> > Ports mailing list via freebsd-ports at FreeBSD.org."
> 
> 	Actually, that's what people do when using the link next to 
> 	"Maintained by". I'm not sure how to explain this clearly with
> 	few words. Maybe "Maintained by: ports at FreeBSD.org 
> 	(freebsd-ports@ mailing list)".

Have a look at http://beta.freshports.org/archivers/9e/ for an 
example.
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