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From: Ion-Mihai Tetcu on 18 Jun 2010 10:36 On Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:10:28 +0200 Erwin Lansing <erwin(a)FreeBSD.org> wrote: > In preparation for 8.1-RELEASE, the ports tree is now in feature > freeze. > > Normal upgrade, new ports, and changes that only affect other branches > are allowed without prior approval but with the extra Feature safe: > yes tag in the commit message. Any commit that is sweeping, i.e. > touches a large number of ports, infrastructural changes, commits to > ports with unusually high number of dependent ports, and any other > commit that requires the rebuilding of many packages is not allowed > without prior explicit approval from portmgr after that date. > > When in doubt, please do not hesitate to contact portmgr. >>>> "any commit that requires the rebuilding of many packages" And this time we will ask for instant back-out of everything that should had not been committed in the first place. If you have time, you can always help with unmaintained ports: http://qat.tecnik93.com/index.php?action=failed_buildports&maintainer=ports%40freebsd.org& or even maintained ones: http://qat.tecnik93.com/index.php?action=failed_buildports Help us getting a good, stable package set for the release please, -- IOnut - Un^d^dregistered ;) FreeBSD "user" "Intellectual Property" is nowhere near as valuable as "Intellect" FreeBSD committer -> itetcu(a)FreeBSD.org, PGP Key ID 057E9F8B493A297B |