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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HwMPw-00025b-76 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:09:04 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l57I7QTQ028517; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 18:07:26 GMT Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org (66-191-187-123.dhcp.gnvl.sc.charter.com [66.191.187.123]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l57I3R66022828 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 18:03:27 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FEAF2480E2 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:51:55 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at twi-31o2.org Received: from mail.twi-31o2.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (gravity.twi-31o2.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 9VvnfwmRVxSW for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:51:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.100.51] (dsl211-165-131.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [74.211.165.131]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.twi-31o2.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B484248079 for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2007 13:51:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] Non-Dev Contributors and the Tree From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <4667EF71.9010103@gentoo.org> References: <4667EF71.9010103@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-YmG3/VsYyPi2WaIhOsYj" Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 11:02:41 -0700 Message-Id: <1181239361.15396.63.camel@workbox.quova.com> 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 2.10.1 X-Archives-Salt: a069bf49-5e3c-4730-b3c3-7358b2486d79 X-Archives-Hash: 89bb69b375ea495c9d38e5abccab3c21 --=-YmG3/VsYyPi2WaIhOsYj Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2007-06-07 at 07:43 -0400, Michael Cummings wrote: > What I would like to propose is that we have an official (yes, official) > cvs overlay that is used by developers *and* contributors to commit new > ebuilds and changes to. Mirrors would still pull, as they always have, > from the gentoo-x86 cvs repo. "Official" Gentoo developers would then be > able to take from the overlay and commit to the main tree at will, but > have a common stomping ground for contributors and developers to work in > without fear of breaking the rest of the tree. We reward those users > (pardon the terms if you find that condescending, its not intended as > such) with the drive and passion, but not the means, resources, or time, > by making them contributors to this overlay, where they can make cvs > commits. >=20 > This overlay wouldn't necessarily need to be the whole of the tree, > either. Some areas, such as profiles, could be absent, as well as select > projects (perhaps the kernel and toolchain portions?). These > contributors wouldn't need to have a flood of @gentoo.org email > addresses - they are only contributors who, for whatever reason, are not > actually full scale developers. I'm just asking, but isn't this exactly what Sunrise is supposed to be? Isn't this the reason it was approved by the previous Council? --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering Strategic Lead Alpha/AMD64/x86 Architecture Teams Games Developer/Council Member/Foundation Trustee Gentoo Foundation --=-YmG3/VsYyPi2WaIhOsYj Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBGaEhBkT4lNIS36YERAlikAJ91Fk99JPApRK1zXdNaPHtgzeB2EwCcDmPW WhuCGs7L8XL+Mfc+DcfGSsY= =O/w2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-YmG3/VsYyPi2WaIhOsYj-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list