72 hours are not enough for maintainers?

[js]

Hi Blair,

If Maintainers think so, that's fine with me.
I just guessed 72 hours are not practical to accept for maintainers.

On 2/16/08, Blair Zajac <blair at orcaware.com> wrote:
> 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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