From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DuVZc-0002sa-Hb for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:22:20 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6IDKaWS014732; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:20:36 GMT Received: from smtp04.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (smtp.nuvox.net [64.89.70.9]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6IDIcsA019013 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:18:39 GMT Received: from cgianelloni.nuvox.net (216.215.202.4.nw.nuvox.net [216.215.202.4]) by smtp04.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j6IDJvUP022379 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:19:58 -0400 Received: by cgianelloni.nuvox.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:19:21 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild development (vpopmail, etc.) From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200507180426.03638.lists@seattleserver.com> References: <200507180426.03638.lists@seattleserver.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-0oqlT6Jvk5pFFeuLwta4" Organization: Gentoo Linux Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:19:20 -0400 Message-Id: <1121692760.12822.6.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 X-Archives-Salt: 4bbe1b7b-4927-43fc-b784-4b7b7d6cbae5 X-Archives-Hash: 3253a2b76f407f5941c5591a1ab6a28d --=-0oqlT6Jvk5pFFeuLwta4 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 04:26 +0000, Casey Allen Shobe wrote: > What do I need to do to get started on this? Do I simply mail a=20 > patch to this list, or ask somebody for a CVS account and commit=20 > changes directly? Well, becoming a developer requires some time. If you're simply looking to submit this one ebuild, then file a bug on bugs.gentoo.org and attach the ebuild to it. > I'm also a bit confused about the portdir_overlay thing - If there=20 > exists a -r15, do I then add a -r16 to make emerge realize an=20 > update is available. What happens then when an -r16 hits the=20 > regular portage tree? Nothing would happen. Since you would already have -r16 installed, portage would just skip it. Once -r17 hit the tree, it would be upgraded to the in-tree version. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager Games - Developer Gentoo Linux --=-0oqlT6Jvk5pFFeuLwta4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBC26xYkT4lNIS36YERAuulAJ45nCJMLI+n296kR43Wr/u4RTWcOQCggQxj VHB8ZjC53EA2iZ6UfVXdq7M= =5sz8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-0oqlT6Jvk5pFFeuLwta4-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list