> I think it's also important to remember that the wording for that was > probably drafted during an earlier, more idealistic age. If toning it down > a little would result in better recruitment counts then I think most folks > would be all for it, though I think the part about demonstrating some > tangible interest (in the form of a new Portfile or patches to existing > ones) is still reasonable since you don't want folks just walking up, > registering themselves, and then walking away again never to return, either. > That just clutters things up. Perhaps there's some way to word this that > would be less disheartening.
It could probably be made to sound more like an invitation and less like a "filtering." People would probably still understand that there is this responsibility when you have only one trunk branch, and such, and that there are rules, on which the whole community relies. > Your description of yourself and your motivation certainly suggests to ME > that you should have been a committer already. What's the hold-up? Sounds good :) I send an email then. Florian -- Florian Ebeling [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
