From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 25395 invoked by uid 1002); 19 Sep 2003 10:47:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 3558 invoked from network); 19 Sep 2003 10:47:06 -0000 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:47:05 +0200 From: Patrick Kursawe To: Gentoo-dev Message-ID: <20030919104705.GA10458@zaphod.anachem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Mail-Followup-To: Patrick Kursawe , Gentoo-dev References: <1063965105.3362.12.camel@biproc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1063965105.3362.12.camel@biproc> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New ebuilds X-Archives-Salt: 98be599f-2672-4f8d-b59a-878739bd2447 X-Archives-Hash: 08ce9207472fd3fea7a2b2f1cf1f3132 --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 11:51:45AM +0200, Philippe Lafoucri=E8re wrote: > Don't kill me too soon... but I really find the way to post new ebuilds > too complicated. I went to bugs.gentoo.org, and got a : >=20 > "The 'bug number' is invalid. It is neither a bug number nor an alias > to a bug number. If you are trying to use QuickSearch, you need to > enable JavaScript in your browser. To help us fix this limitation, add > your comments to bug 70907." Where did you click? The above "I went to ... and got a ..." is not exactly a useful bug report... > It's really hard to add the new ebuild. I had to go through the maze of > bugs.gentoo.org. There's no REAL place to add them (no category for new > ebuilds). This part is really "fuzzy" too in > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-howto.xml with just a link to > bugs.gentoo.org. That's why we have http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ebuild-submit.xml > I think this should be really simpler, with maybe a new web repository > to upload ebuilds (I know, bugs.gentoo.org is one, but it's too heavy). Even with the guide you didn't find? I think having new ebuilds coupled to bugzilla is essential because it provides a method for feedback on the ebuilds in case of problems. Bye, Patrick --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/at6pbfJVn0GlZw8RAk8WAKCdvbU8AvdsvHAZu6vs6VWhtrE/jgCff0sJ y163cdoNkWh/74X6S07s0BI= =unFj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --zYM0uCDKw75PZbzx--