From nobody Thu Aug 05 06:21:44 2021 X-Original-To: ports-bugs@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5D3A12DB69F for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2021 06:21:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:3]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4GgJRD65CFz4ZkS for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2021 06:21:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::50:1d]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mxrelay.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B6B5F15457 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2021 06:21:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.5]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 1756Linu040242 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 2021 06:21:44 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: (from www@localhost) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 1756LiVe040241 for ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 5 Aug 2021 06:21:44 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) X-Authentication-Warning: kenobi.freebsd.org: www set sender to bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org using -f From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 252186] [NEW PORT] audio/portmidi: Library for real time input and output of MIDI data Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2021 06:21:44 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Ports & Packages X-Bugzilla-Component: Individual Port(s) X-Bugzilla-Version: Latest X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Only Me X-Bugzilla-Who: beyert@cs.ucr.edu X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: cc Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-ports-bugs List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D252186 Timothy Beyer changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |acm@FreeBSD.org --- Comment #6 from Timothy Beyer --- Dear FreeBSD ports committers, Why wasn't I notified of the need for a port of audio/portmidi? My completed port has been sitting in bugzilla since late last year, untouched for over 7 months, now pushing 8. If a ports committer checked for new or open PRs, or committed it way earlier (as early as late last year), it may have saved pe= ople some time and effort. If there was something wrong with it, I would have tried my best to address= any issues or shortcomings, with no upstream active at the time that I ported i= t.=20 I saw no activity or interest to get it committed, and while I applaud this urgency to port niche but important libraries, I am pretty demotivated by t= he way this went down and feel like I'm wasting my time. I don't fault anyone for this happening, as the circumstances doesn't look = like there were ill intentions on anyone's part, but as it stands, I wasted a to= n of time porting it, only to have my work completely thrown away, or even given= any credit or recognition at all for a fairly difficult port as if my PR never existed (https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D252186, and a cursory search for "portmidi" reveals two PRs that I have authored). This scenario could have been avoided completely if my PR were handled earl= ier by committers, or if someone told me something that needed to be fixed if it wasn't up to standard. I understand that committers are tremendously overburdened, but I have a lo= t of ports almost ready to go, just sitting here bitrotting, many like portmidi since last year, and I don't ever want to put in a lot of time and energy a= gain to just have my work never used and ignored. That's incredibly discouragin= g. I applaud the new upstream of portmidi, who are taking a proactive approach= and are committed to supporting multiple platforms properly, and look forward to working with them on getting some version of that work incorporated at a la= ter date. I'm thrilled to see these ports happening, but I didn't expect to th= is situation unfold in this particular way. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=