Ports: Being maintainer but not commiter waiting for commiter to come
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tar-xz · 2015-10-09 15:47

Hey there

Maintaining a little port in the FreeBSD ports tree I've sometimes a
bit trouble finding a commiter to eventually commit the diff I sent in
via Bugzilla when there is a new version that I want to make
available.

I totally understand that ports committers can't always look through
the bug reports, that's fair. Sometimes weeks go by having to wait for
a commiter to pop up and commit it for me. (and I do poudriere
testports so I can be pretty sure there is no breakage)

Maybe I'm missing something, or where should I knock on a door?
Certainly those maintainers who happen to be commiters as well have an
easier job (but also get the blame if they commit stuff that breaks).

Thanks in advance

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BumpitySnook · 2015-10-09 17:34

\#bsdports on EFNet or \#freebsd-ports on Freenode. Or just ask for a
commit bit :-).

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bdrewery · 2015-10-10 05:28

Asking on the ports mailing list can work too.

IRC/efnet #bsdports is the best bet IMO.

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bdrewery · 2015-10-10 05:30

What's the PR? Pm me if you want. I can take a look tomorrow.

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tar-xz · 2015-10-10 07:02

This time a bit later after I posted it, someone came up, no need
anymore, but I'll keep an eye on IRC for next time.

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tar-xz · 2015-10-10 07:03

Thank's that's the hint I was longing for - asking for a commit bit is
a bit too much - currently I only maintain 1 port.

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BumpitySnook · 2015-10-10 16:24

If you can follow the rules, I don't think it's excessive to get a
port bit to be able to maintain your one port independently.