New rc.d code merge timing (Was: Re: Portupgrade confused about editors/emacs)

[Tobias Roth]

On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 11:11:17AM -0300, Fernan Aguero wrote:
> 
> Proposal: a ports-announce mailing list. This should be a
> low-volume list where all HEADS UP of i) upcoming changes,
> ii) committed changes are posted. Also, non-HEADS-UP
> messages, like the ones that make up UPDATING should go to
> the list. Messages could well be cross-posted to ports, so
> that everyone gets the announcements. But I guess it could
> be a good alternative for people that want just the
> anouncements. If someones gets an announcement and wants to
> see the discussion that lead to the changes, then s/he can
> go to the ports@, stable@ and/or current@ archives. 

Excellent idea, I second it. Especially the UPDATING stuff
is often missed, even by people who have time to read ports@
regularly.

cheers, t.