How are [MAINTAINER] patches handled and why aren't PRs FIFO?

[Chris Rees]

On 28 April 2011 20:23, Chris Rees <utisoft at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 28 Apr 2011 20:08, "Chip Camden" <sterling at camdensoftware.com> wrote:
>>
>> Correct me if I'm wrong, but as I understand it committers have commit
>> privilege for all ports.  What if certain qualified port maintainers who
>> aren't committers were nevertheless given commit access for only the leaf
>> ports that they maintain?  Wouldn't that speed up the overall process?
>>
>
> Search the archives for an answer or ten.
>

Sorry for the terse response, touchscreen phones are horrible to email on.

I've found one of the conversations I was thinking of [1] -- these
often come up. It should probably be on some kind of FAQ list...

Chris

[1] http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-ports@freebsd.org/msg28399.html