cvs commit: ports/misc/zaptel Makefile distinfo pkg-plist ports/misc/zaptel/files patch-Makefile patch-qozap::Makefile patch-qozap::qozap_freebsd.c patch-tau32pci::tau32pci.c patch-test::Makefile patch-wcfxo::wcfxo.c patch-wcfxs::wcfxs.c patch-wct1xxp::wct1xxp.c ...

[Kris Kennaway]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 05:30:22PM -0700, Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> Kris Kennaway wrote:
> >Maxim,
> >
> >For some reason you have ignored at least 2 emails from portmgr
> >inquiring why you have been making apparently unapproved commits to
> >other people's ports (your previous 3 commits were such).  Since you
> >are ignoring our private emails I have no choice but to ask you
> >publically to respond immediately.
> 
> I apologize, due to some ages old filter (leftover from the time when I 
> was on portmgr) the messages went into the wrong folder, which I don't 
> check. Now I see them.
> 
> Regarding the commits in question: are there any technical problems with 
> my changes? If my memory serves in the past there were general agreement 
> that maintainer's approval is good, but is not strictly required for the 
> cases when the change is obvious. Unfortunately I don't have much spare 
> time in my hands nowadays so that need to send e-mail for each of those 
> small fixes could be a showstopper for me and result in them staying in 
> my private tree. That being said, I don't ask to make an exception for 
> me based on that and if you say that the policy now is that maintainer 
> approval is strictly required I will adhere.
> 
> Another generic note from my experience with other open source projects, 
> is that usually ones with not-so-strict approval rules tend to make much 
> faster progress.

As far as I know that has never been the policy.  If you are worried
that you will not have time later to follow up, you can just send a PR
and let the system work as designed: this method seems to work well
enough for all our non-committers out there ;-)

Kris
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