Pointer to 'how to become a port maintainer'? OR a 'mentor'?

Mark Linimon linimon at lonesome.com
Wed Apr 13 13:17:54 PDT 2005


On Wed, 13 Apr 2005, Marc Rassbach wrote:

> I looked thru the handbook and didn't spot 'this is what ya do' - more
> 'this is what ya do to update//take over an abandoned ports'.

A draft that adds more information about the rights and responsibilities
of ports maintainers is currently under review by the Ports Management
Team (two separate drafts, actually).  To some degree this is already
covered in the Porter's Handbook, but this will make it more explicit.

mcl




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