On 2018-10-18, at 1:18 PM, Christopher Jones wrote:
> 
> Beyond the above, not really. If it is indeed agreed that some package 
> version updates are allowed under the ‘minor’ tag, then I think the best you 
> can do is just state that, and acknowledge that the determination of what is 
> or is not a minor package revision cannot be quantified in generality, so is 
> up to the member to decide making the changes, and that disagreements are 
> inevitable.
> 
> Or, we decide no package version updates are allowed.
> 
> Chris


Has MacPorts considered removing the whole "maintainer" idea (with the possible 
exception of a very few key ports that are presently not openmaintainer)?

It seems to cause a fair bit of frustration, delay, and confusion and I'm not 
certain it offers a whole lot of benefit.

Homebrew has no such concept.

Ken

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