On Mar 26, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
That would be one way to do it. Another way would be to simply sweep through the ports and correct them all at once. That would certainly be a lot faster than waiting for n maintainers to wake up, though I suppose it also wouldn't "teach them anything" either.
An observant maintainer would notice the change and learn from it (isn't revision control great?). I think sweeps across all ports to implement global policy best serves the interest of the users of MacPorts. I think it's best to view maintainers as the primary contributors to a port, and not owners with veto power. I'm speaking as the maintainer of a few ports myself, who doesn't have enough time to keep abreast of all the latest and greatest MacPorts directions. - kvv