Re: [gentoo-dev] creating ebuilds

[Caleb Tennis <caleb@gentoo.org>]

On Tuesday 06 January 2004 04:54 am, Kurt Lieber wrote:
> I could see benefits to having a dedicated person, who was extremley
> knowledgeable in the ins/outs of ebuild creation who did nothing else
> except scan bugs.gentoo.org for new ebuilds and put them into the tree.
> Whether there's a person out there with the right skill set willing to do
> such a job is another question entirely.  (not saying there isn't, btw)

This is a bad idea, IMHO.  I used to think more in favor of it, but if someone 
really wants an ebuild that isn't in portage they can very easily search 
bugzilla, download the ebuild, and put it in their overlay.

What would be more beneficial is if there was a repository where unaccepted 
ebuilds go after a period of time 
(http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0017.html).  That way, people who 
want to use those ebuilds can download them from there.

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