diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/srcmgr.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/srcmgr.adoc new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f617b670b63 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2024-10-2024-12/srcmgr.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +=== New srcmgr team + +Contact: srcmgr + +A new link:https://www.freebsd.org/administration/#t-srcmgr[source management team] has been ratified by core@ to handle management of the FreeBSD src tree, akin to portmgr@ and doceng@ for the ports and docs trees, respectively. +The initial members are Ed Maste, Mark Johnston, John Baldwin, and Warner Losh. +srcmgr@ is currently focused on finding ways to make src developers more productive, and to try and manage the large numbers of bug reports and pull requests that we receive. +The team meets every two weeks to discuss src-related issues and spend time triaging bug reports and pull requests. +link:https://github.com/freebsd/meetings/tree/master/srcmgr[Meeting minutes] are available on GitHub. +The srcmgr@ team has a link:https://www.freebsd.org/srcmgr/charter/[charter] and is working on developing and documenting policies to help manage the src tree. + +In December, srcmgr@ ran an online bug-busting session, attended by 15 developers. +We spent time going through recent bug reports, plus a list of older ones with patches. +The team plans to host monthly sessions of this type, and aims to open them to a wider audience in the future. + +The team plans to develop a lurker program similar to portmgr@'s in the first half of 2025.