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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1FokJ2-0006sZ-45 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:57:56 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k59Gu9e1026212; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:56:09 GMT Received: from smtp05.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (smtp.nuvox.net [64.89.70.9]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k59GqbNh022487 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 16:52:38 GMT Received: from cgianelloni.nuvox.net (216.215.202.4.nw.nuvox.net [216.215.202.4]) by smtp05.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with SMTP id k59Gr6P6026069 for ; Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:53:06 -0400 Received: by cgianelloni.nuvox.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 9 Jun 2006 12:50:22 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Project Sunrise thread -- a try of clarification From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <1149847297.19408.14.camel@capella.catmur.co.uk> References: <44887368.9030302@gentoo.org> <1149803837.19443.101.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <4488A4F3.5060908@gentoo.org> <1149811589.19102.23.camel@vertigo.twi-31o2.org> <1149841698.9743.20.camel@localhost> <1149847297.19408.14.camel@capella.catmur.co.uk> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-6RcUwR5X+PmjuMihqWqS" Organization: Gentoo Linux Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2006 12:50:21 -0400 Message-Id: <1149871822.22473.32.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 2.6.1 X-Archives-Salt: 5537372c-9a79-4b6e-afcf-d321525b78ee X-Archives-Hash: cfb95a9e1f183cc34e7c1b0ccedc716e --=-6RcUwR5X+PmjuMihqWqS Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 11:01 +0100, Edward Catmur wrote: > > Hmmm. I think an overlay does have some advantages there ... >=20 > Advantages? With bugzilla I: search for the bug, cc myself on it, > download the relevant files, look over them, note a style error, try to > merge it, fix a compilation bug, re-upload the fixed ebuild and patch to > bugzilla with a comment to the ebuild author on their mistake. When an > update hits my inbox I can go directly to the bug... >=20 > With an overlay: search sunrice.gentoo.org for the package (no, I don't > know category/name), sync that directory (no, I'm not syncing the whole=20 > sunrice tree), check it over, note some mistakes, compile it if I feel > OK with it, it fails, I fix it - and what then? Where do I discuss the > problems? How do I get my fixes to other users, considering the package > is devless and the b.g.o bug is out of date? If I open a b.g.o bug, will > it be read?=20 >=20 > This seems like *raising* the barrier to entry to me... Thank you. This explains my point about no longer having a definitive place to look for things much better than I did, and from a user point-of-view no less. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead x86 Architecture Team Games - Developer Gentoo Linux --=-6RcUwR5X+PmjuMihqWqS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBEiabNkT4lNIS36YERAg76AKCNT79L0onEGGEWvMW1Xx3T1aBx5QCfU612 2NFzZhrmWrecMQvcUczmxeY= =jt6X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-6RcUwR5X+PmjuMihqWqS-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list