On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 07:55:18 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Thanks in advance for any replies... I'm probably just thinking too >hard about this.
Possibly... High quality updates posted to the list and tested by others probably reduces the amount of time MAINTAINERS need to spend on the whole port/test/commit process. Though MAINTAINERS may not have the time necessary to eval/test/commit every single little update posted to the ports@ list, their mail archive exists as a nice starting point when they find the time. Of course, there's no guarantee they'll commit it or even find the time to work on it. Also, the old idea of leaving older versions of software archive files available on the 'net, particularly when they are vulnerable, is falling out of favor. This causes breakage in the ports tree, subsequent bug reports, and obviously, MAINTAINER time to either update the port and/or find mirrors the files. jcr
