Does FreeBSD have maintainer shortage?

[capybara]

I see more often outdated package in FreeBSD than OpenBSD. Is FreeBSD have shortage of ports maintainer?

For example webkitgtk latest version is 2.50.1 which was quickly updated on OpenBSD just after a week but FreeBSD ports tree still have 2.46.6.

freebsd-ports/www/webkit2-gtk/Makefile at main · freebsd/freebsd-ports

FreeBSD ports tree (read-only mirror). Contribute to freebsd/freebsd-ports development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

ports/www/webkitgtk4/Makefile at master · openbsd/ports

Read-only git conversion of OpenBSD's official cvs ports repository. Pull requests not accepted - send diffs to the ports@ mailing list. - openbsd/ports

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[tingo]

FreeBSD *always* has a shortage of hands to do all the work needed, especially for ports.

 

[cracauer@]

The GNOME/Gtk section might be particularly overloaded. Unthankful job.

 

[Starcat]

I see more often outdated package in FreeBSD than OpenBSD. Is FreeBSD have shortage of ports maintainer?

For example webkitgtk latest version is 2.50.1 which was quickly updated on OpenBSD just after a week but FreeBSD ports tree still have 2.46.6.

freebsd-ports/www/webkit2-gtk/Makefile at main · freebsd/freebsd-ports

FreeBSD ports tree (read-only mirror). Contribute to freebsd/freebsd-ports development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

ports/www/webkitgtk4/Makefile at master · openbsd/ports

Read-only git conversion of OpenBSD's official cvs ports repository. Pull requests not accepted - send diffs to the ports@ mailing list. - openbsd/ports

github.com

Do you want to be a ports maintainer? If so, please see this thread:

Thread adopt-an-orphaned-port-project.36243

The GNOME/Gtk section might be particularly overloaded. Unthankful job.

I hope that they know some of us really appreciate their hard work. Whomever is maintaining the GNOME port is doing a fantastic job. It must be a herculean task for one person.