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Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-maintenance/new-ebuild/
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commit: 00f6bdcb2aed298e3d9c13b925811d1d35e39188
Author: Sam James gentoo org>
AuthorDate: Sun Mar 21 04:43:18 2021 +0000
Commit: Ulrich Müller gentoo org>
CommitDate: Wed Apr 7 17:28:17 2021 +0000
URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=00f6bdcb
ebuild-maintenance/new-ebuild: mention non-developers and large patches
Signed-off-by: Sam James gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Ulrich Müller gentoo.org>
ebuild-maintenance/new-ebuild/text.xml | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/ebuild-maintenance/new-ebuild/text.xml b/ebuild-maintenance/new-ebuild/text.xml
index d8608be..7ef8254 100644
--- a/ebuild-maintenance/new-ebuild/text.xml
+++ b/ebuild-maintenance/new-ebuild/text.xml
@@ -24,9 +24,15 @@ The Gentoo repository should only be used for storing .ebuild files,
as well as any small companion files, such as patches or sample configuration
files. These files should have a size of at most 20 KiB and must be placed
in the mycat/mypkg/files directory, which can be referenced as
-${FILESDIR} from within ebuilds. Larger patch files should be placed
-in your developer space on dev.gentoo.org instead, in order to minimize
-the repository size.
+${FILESDIR} from within ebuilds.
+
+
+
+Larger patches should be placed in your developer space on dev.gentoo.org
+instead of the tree, in order to minimize the repository size.
+Non-developers such as proxied maintainers can host patches at some stable
+location of their own there is no security issue here as the Manifest
+will record patch checksums at the time of commit.