On 15/11/21 12:01, Ronald Klop via freebsd-ports wrote:
Van: Rob LA LAU <free...@ohreally.nl>
Datum: zondag, 14 november 2021 16:56
Aan: ronald-li...@klop.ws, freebsd-po...@freebsd.org
Onderwerp: Re: Adding functionality to a port
Thanks Ronald. But I'm not asking how or where to report bugs.
Allow me to rephrase my question.
If and when I am a FreeBSD port maintainer, can I just add any scripts
or other files to the port I maintain if I think they may be
practical, even if those files are not part of the upstream project?
Yes you can. But:
1. As a (starting) maintainer you can't commit the changes yourself. A
committer will check and commit your changes.
2. All additions are open and verifiable. It is hard to sneak something
into it. And even more to do that anonymously.
There are probably some more checks and balances to this process. It has
proven itself pretty solid.
This all implies:
3) there is no shield from community verification, getting criticized in
the mailing lists or bugs reports, and having to change your mind about
your assumptions, revert things, discuss alternative solutions, etc.
Hopefully this happens in a civil and constructive manner, but sadly
sometimes things become "unpleasant" (please anyone avoid being the one
bringing unpleasantness)
--
Guido Falsi <madpi...@freebsd.org>
