PLEASE REVIEW: MAINTAINER policy addendum to porters-handbook

[Ceri Davies]

On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:27:41PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 17:13, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 05:08:06PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > > Attached is a patch to the porter's handbook that spells out the
> > > policies regarding maintainer timeout, AWOL maintainers, and special
> > > privileges granted to portmgr@ and so at .  Can someone please review these
> > > changes, and let me know if they are okay to commit?  Thanks.
> > 
> > Looks fine from a docbook point of view, Joe, but I think perhaps
> > "holidays" could be better defined; do you mean "the maintainer is on
> > holiday", or "public holidays"?  If the latter, whose?
> 
> I was referring to public holidays.  MY main point here was big holidays
> like Christmas where a lot of people are generally traveling or AFK.
> 
> > 
> > > +        <para>If the maintainer of a port does not respond to a an update
> > > +          request from a user after two weeks (excluding holidays), then
> > 
> > I wouldn't normally be picky, but this is a policy definition.
> 
> You're absolutely right.  Do you have a suggestion on how this can be
> clarified?  Thanks.

Perhaps "excluding major public holidays"?

Ceri

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