[macports-mgr] python24 maintainer wanted?

Joshua Root jmr at macports.org
Wed May 5 01:08:13 PDT 2010


On 2010-5-5 17:31 , Roel Bruggink wrote:
> On Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:29 AM, Joshua Root <jmr at macports.org
> <mailto:jmr at macports.org>> wrote:
> 
>     On 2010-5-5 06:02 , Roel Bruggink wrote:
>     > Hi,
>     >
>     > I noticed that the python24 port has no maintainer. Since I need
>     > python24 on my mac for Plone development, I'd like to volunteer.
>     > Could you explain what is needed from a maintainer?
> 
>     Keeping the port up to date with respect to upstream releases (not
>     really a consideration with python 2.4), and making an effort to fix any
>     bugs and enhancement requests that are reported against it.
> 
>     What this means quantitatively is widely disagreed upon. :-)
> 
>     Note that unlike some other projects, MacPorts maintainers do not all
>     have commit access. Requirements to become a committer are documented
>     here: <http://guide.macports.org/#project.membership>
> 
>     - Josh
> 
> 
> 
> Ack, will do.
> I hereby officially volunteer as maintainer of the python24 port. What's
> the next step? (I didn't find any docs on stepping up as maintainer).

I've set you as the maintainer. Any changes you'd like to make can be
submitted in Trac tickets.

As this is not a subject that only portmgr can help with, I've moved
this thread to the macports-dev list.

- Josh


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