blanket portmgr approval vs. non-fixing changes

Michelle Sullivan michelle at sorbs.net
Mon Jun 27 19:16:53 UTC 2016


Kubilay Kocak wrote:
>
> All: How did you feel the first time you saw your email on a maintainer
> line? That is priceless and shouldn't be confused with the 'bad' kind of
> ownership.
>

Don't forget that many people see their name/email in the maintainer 
line as being responsible for the port.. so someone goes makes blanket 
changes which actually breaks stuff.. that reflects on the person in the 
Maintainer line - whether you want it to do so or not, whether you 
believe it or not..

Regards,

-- 
Michelle Sullivan
http://www.mhix.org/



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