72 hours are not enough for maintainers?

[Blair Zajac]

js wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> MacPorts Guide says
> 
> "The maintainer should apply the patches and close the ticket within 72 hours."
> "If the maintainer does not respond within 72 hours, you or another
> committer may review the patches and update the port."
> 
> But actually this is not always the case.
> So I started to consider 72 hours restriction is not realistic so this
> part of guideline should be modified to be more practical.
> 
> Any comments?

Depends upon what side of the coin you are on.  Sometimes I want to get a fix in 
  for another port and waiting 3 days seems like forever.  Other times I miss an 
email for an update on my port, but I don't typically mind somebody else fixing 
it.  I can always change the fix after it goes in and increment the revision.

So three days seems like a reasonable middle-ground.

Blair

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