Frederic Culot takes over as portmgr-secretary@

2014-05-16 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
It is with great pleasure that the FreeBSD Ports Management Team announces that Frederic (culot@) Culot will take over responsibilities of team secretary effective immediately. Read more at http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2014/05/16/frederic-culot-takes-over-as-portmgr-secretary/ Thomas o

Getting to know your portmgr-lurker - Frederic Culot

2014-03-25 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In this latest edition of Getting to know, we interview our resident MBA, Frederic Culot, one of our newest portmgr-lurkers@. Read more at http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2014/03/25/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-lurker-frederic-culot/ Thomas on behalf of portmgr@ ___

Getting to know your portmgr-lurker - Alexy Dokuchaev

2014-03-11 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In this latest edition of Getting to know, we interview senior ports committer Alexy Dokuchaev as one of our newest portmgr-lurkers@. Read more at http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2014/03/11/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-lurker-alexy-dokuchaev/ Thomas on behalf of portmgr@ __

portmgr-lurkers@ March 1 edition

2014-03-04 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
The first intake of portmgr-lurkers@ is complete, and it is now time to start with the second round of our -lurkers. Please join us in welcoming Alexey (danfe@) Dokuchaev and Frdric (culot@) Culot to our ranks. During this -lurker round, culot@ will be the shadow portmgr-secretary@, learning the

Time to bid farewell to the old pkg_ tools

2014-02-03 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
There comes a time in the life cycle of just about every software package that it has bee re-evaluated, refreshed, deprecated or just retired. It is time that we bid farewell to the old pkg_* software that has been part of FreeBSD since the beginning, and has served us well. After years of develo

Ion-Mihai Tetcu steps down from duties on portmgr@

2014-01-16 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
Ion-Mihai Tetcu, aka itetcu@, aka ionut, has stepped down from his duties on the FreeBSD Ports Management Team. Ion-Mihai was the one who initially gave us Ports QAT, which gave almost immediate response to a problematic commit, then he enhanced with with other tests, such as installation of all p

portmgr-lurkers@ promoted to voting members of portmgr@

2014-01-14 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
The FreeBSD Ports Management team is pleased to announce that Mathieu Arnold (mat@) and Antoine Brodin (antoine@) have been promoted to full voting members of the team after a successful launch of the portmgr-lurkers pilot project. Each of them brings new skills and vast experience to the team. P

Joe Marcus Clarke steps down from duties on portmgr@

2014-01-14 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
Joe Marcus Clarke, aka marcus@, has stepped down from his duties on the FreeBSD Ports Management Team. Joe was our longest serving member of the team. Among his many accomplishments was being the repocopy source of authority, instrumental in championing tinderbox development and maintaining portli

Blanket approval to modernize the Ports Tree

2014-01-06 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In years gone by, and I am thinking of FreeBSD 7.0 specifically, portmgr@ gave some latitude to *ALL* committers to "just fix things" to get a port into shape. In the case of 7.0, it was making ports build for gcc4. What we have laying ahead of us is a ports tree in various states of modern prepa

Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Bryan Drewery

2013-12-23 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In our ongoing series on getting to know your portmgr@, we talk to the newest member of the team, Bryan Drewery. http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/12/24/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-bryan-drewery/ ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http:/

The FreeBSD Ports Mangement team has a Google Community

2013-12-19 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
I am pleased to announce that portmgr@ now has a Google Community. We have very slowly been building up membership through our Circles, and now it it time to announce it to all! You can find us at https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/108335846196454338383 Come join our Community and G+1 us :)

Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Baptiste Daroussin

2013-12-09 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In our ongoing series on getting to know your portmgr@, we talk to Baptiste Daroussin, who brought us such things as poudriere, pkgng, etc. http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/12/09/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-baptiste-daroussin/ ___ freebsd-ports

Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Thomas Abthorpe

2013-12-02 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In our ongoing series on getting to know your portmgr@, we talk to Thomas Abthorpe, the portmgr-secretary@, and self proclaimed grumpy old man of the group. http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/12/02/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-thomas-abthorpe/ ___

Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Martin Wilke

2013-11-25 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In our ongoing series on getting to know your portmgr@, we talk to Martin Wilke, the high quality automated PR and commit bot. http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/11/25/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-martin-wilke/ ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailin

Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Erwin Lansing

2013-11-18 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In our ongoing series on getting to know your portmgr@, we talk to Erwin Lansing, one of the "Annoying reminder guys" of the Ports Tree. http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/11/18/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-erwin-lansing/ ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd

Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Anotine Brodin

2013-11-11 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In our ongoing series on getting to know your portmgr@, we talk to Antoine Brodin, one of the recent additions to portmgr-lurkers@ http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/11/11/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-antoine-brodin/ ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org m

[CORRECTION]Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Mathieu Arnold

2013-11-04 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In our ongoing series on getting to know your portmgr@, we talk to Mathieu Arnold, one of the recent additions to portmgr-lurkers@ http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/11/04/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-mathieu-arnold/ ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org m

Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Bernhard Froehlich

2013-11-04 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In our ongoing series on getting to know your portmgr@, we talk to Mathieu Arnold, one of the recent additions to portmgr-lurkers@ http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/11/04/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-mathieu-arnold/ ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org m

portmgr-lurker@ pilot project

2013-10-31 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The FreeBSD Ports Management team is pleased to announce a pilot project called portmgr-lurkers@. Over the course of the next two years, volunteers from our group of ports committers will participate in portmgr@ activites by being added to our mailing

Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Bernhard Froehlich

2013-10-28 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
In our ongoing series on getting to know your portmgr@, we talk to Bernhard Froehlich, the one who brought us http://redports.org. http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/10/29/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-bernhard-froehlich/ ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.o

[CORRECTION] Getting to know your portmgr@ -- Joe Marcus Clarke

2013-10-21 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
This is the start of an ongoing series profiling members of the FreeBSD Ports Management Team. In this interview, we talk to longest serving member of the team, Joe Marcus Clarke, aka marcus@ http://blogs.freebsdish.org/portmgr/2013/10/21/getting-to-know-your-portmgr-joe-marcus-clarke/ __

[CORRECTION] Ports Slush is now in over

2013-04-22 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
Just to make it official, the ports slush is over. Ports committers are now able to perform regular updates, business as usual, no need for portmgr@ approvals. Keep in mind that -exp runs are always a good idea if you think there is a significant change to the ports tree. It is anticipated that

[HEADS UP] Ports Slush is now in effect

2013-04-22 Thread FreeBSD Ports Management Team Secretary
Just to make it official, the ports slush is over. Ports committers are now able to perform regular updates, business as usual, no need for portmgr@ approvals. Keep in mind that -exp runs are always a good idea if you think there is a significant change to the ports tree. It is anticipated that