[51041] trunk/dports/textproc/gpsbabel

[Ryan Schmidt]

On May 16, 2009, at 20:14, Jeremy Lavergne wrote:

> On May 16, 2009, at 8:36 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>
>> On May 16, 2009, at 13:51, snc at macports.org wrote:
>>
>>> Revision: 51041
>>>          http://trac.macports.org/changeset/51041
>>> Author:   snc at macports.org
>>> Date:     2009-05-16 11:51:47 -0700 (Sat, 16 May 2009)
>>> Log Message:
>>> -----------
>>> version update, maintainer timeout, adding self as openmaintainer
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> name	    	gpsbabel
>>> -version	    	1.3.5
>>> +version	    	1.3.6
>>> categories  	textproc comms
>>> -maintainers 	macports at michael-behrendt.net
>>> +maintainers 	snc openmaintainer
>>
>> It's fine that you committed the proposed update since the  
>> maintainer did not respond within 72 hours, but did the maintainer  
>> really agree to give the port up to you? Was there a port  
>> abandonment request filed?
>>
>> http://guide.macports.org/#project.update-policies.abandonment
>
> The portfile posted in the ticket said it was nomaintainer.
>
> I decided that, rather than dropping it entirely I'd pick it up as  
> an openmaintainer.

Ok, I see that now, but the ticket does not explain why the submitter  
of the ticket would have the authority to reassign the port to  
nomaintainer. If there has been communication with the previous  
maintainer and he has agreed to release the port, or if multiple  
attempts have been made to reach the previous maintainer and he is  
unreachable, then that's fine, it just needs to be documented  
somewhere. If no such communication has occurred, then you cannot  
change the maintainer of the port.