[gentoo-dev] Becoming a package maintainer

[gentoo-dev] Becoming a package maintainer

[Julien Ponge]

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Hi,

I would like to become a package maintainer (provided that it suits of course) 
: I need a library for developping audio tools which is available from 
http://osalp.sf.net . As it is not available, I am ready to dive into the 
ebuild system to make a working one and share it with other Gentoo users. I 
am also ready to maintain it to keep up with new versions.

I have read the Gentoo devel documentations and I feel like trying doing the 
package :-)

I'd be really glad to help you.

Best regards and thanks a lot for such a good distro.

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Julien Ponge
julien@izforge.com
http://www.izforge.com/
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Becoming a package maintainer

[Gareth Jones]

> I would like to become a package maintainer (provided that it suits of
> course)  : I need a library for developping audio tools which is
> available from  http://osalp.sf.net . As it is not available, I am
> ready to dive into the  ebuild system to make a working one and share
> it with other Gentoo users. I  am also ready to maintain it to keep up
> with new versions.

I think the idea is that you just do the ebuild and post  a bug about it on
bugzilla. I've just done my first one and I'm waiting for feedback on it.
I don't think there is any place where one can declare an "intent to
package" as with Debian.

Gareth

Re: [gentoo-dev] Becoming a package maintainer

[George Shapovalov]

Hi

On Thursday 04 July 2002 10:49, Julien Ponge wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to become a package maintainer (provided that it suits of
> course)
You are definitely wellcome!
As for how you can contribute: in your situation (submitting and maintaining 
certain ebuild) the easiest thing to do is to go to http://bugs.gentoo.org, 
create an account and submit an ebuild. And of course keep an eye on the 
package and make submissions whenever there is an update.
Please take a look at http://www.gentoo.org/index-docs.html
(The developer HOWTO and Contributing ebuilds sections) for the detailed 
instructions. Existing ebuilds are another great source to learn from.

George