maintainer timeout?
Jon Noack
noackjr at alumni.rice.edu
Mon Jul 21 07:51:35 PDT 2003
ports/46414
ports/50162 (superseded by ports/54153)
ports/52508 (included in latest patch for ports/54153)
ports/54153 (includes my patches)
ports/54246
There are several others out there that are older -- not sure if they
are still applicable.
Thanks for your answers,
Jon Noack
Sergey A. Osokin said the following on 7/21/2003 3:19 AM:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2003 at 11:45:00PM -0500, Jon Noack wrote:
>
>>How long should one wait on a maintainer?
>
>
> From 1 week to 1 year :-) No limit.
>
>
>>I've emailed them directly
>>and they said they would take care of updating the port "tonight". That
>>was 5 days ago. The latest version of the software was released almost
>>2 months ago, and fixed major stability issues. A whole host of vendor
>>patches have been released *since then* that have fixed 2 Major (vendor
>>terms), 4 Medium, and various other issues. There have been several
>>outstanding PRs that are several weeks old and one that is 4 months old
>>(although it is for the version currently in the port, not the latest
>>version).
>
>
> Please, tell PR numbers.
>
>
>>There was a previous commit by a non-maintainer after a ~3 month timeout
>>(same maintainer). I'm not sure I have the expertise to take over the
>>port, but I don't know what else to do now.
>
>
> So, please submit a PR for change maintainership from current maintainer
> to you and describe this problem.
>
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