New port with maintainer ports@FreeBSD.org [was: Question about maintainers]

[Frank Mayhar]

Roman Neuhauser wrote:
>     The policy makers won, everybody else lost.

Bullshit.  Remember that you're getting all of this for _free_.  You are 
benefiting from the hard work of many others and yet you complain when you 
are asked to contribute work yourself.

In my case, I take it for granted that if I update a port there's a damned 
good chance that I will be the stuckee for future problems with that port. 
  I guess I've worked as a software engineer for long enough that I expect 
to exhibit a certain level of professionalism.  This means supporting my 
code, even if the system/subsystem/application in question didn't 
originally have my name on it.

I personally sympathize far more with the folks who are trying to maintain 
this stuff than with those who whine that they shouldn't be expected to 
actually support the stuff that they have submitted.  In my clearly NSH 
opinion, FreeBSD is better off without the unmaintained/broken/obsolete 
ports.  At least until someone feels strongly enough to pick them up and 
maintain them.

I _certainly_ think that a port submitted with a maintainer of 
'ports at freebsd.org' should hit the bit bucket immediately and never see the 
light of day.  If it's important enough to submit, it should be important 
enough to maintain.
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