> On 18 Oct 2018, at 9:25 pm, Ken Cunningham <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.

I am not at all familiar with Homebrew. How do they work, does everything go 
via a PR with them ?

Chris

> 
> Ken

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