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 4.54) id 1FMSOe-0007TB-W9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:10:49 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2NG9ojC008228; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:09:50 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2NG6M18010088 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:06:22 GMT Received: from a213-84-38-223.adsl.xs4all.nl ([213.84.38.223] helo=epia.jeroenr-c2.orkz.net) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1FMSKL-0004PZ-UP for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:06:22 +0000 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:06:20 +0100 From: Jeroen Roovers To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Official overlay support Message-ID: <20060323170620.6b0a1c6f@epia.jeroenr-c2.orkz.net> In-Reply-To: <1143127901.14434.33.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> References: <441F35B9.8000406@gentoo.org> <4421836A.8040000@gentoo.org> <1143123468.14434.5.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <1143127901.14434.33.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.8.12; i686-pc-linux-gnu) 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: c147dac3-b5a2-418d-b0a8-00c9ddd45649 X-Archives-Hash: 4cd86320fef2ffcb4c875123d33dac69 On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:31:40 -0500 Chris Gianelloni wrote: > > Your nightmare scenario seems unavoidable. Enabling per-overlay bug > > tracking doesn't stop users posting bugs in bugzilla. It just > > causes confusion for users, because they're not sure where to go. > > Normally, it's not a problem - because the overlay contributors are > > normally the owners of the real package. > > No, it does not stop them, but it sure will curb the number of users > posting their bugs to the wrong place. Remember that only more > advanced users are the ones using overlays. We won't have Joe > Sixpack using an overlay. Instead it'll be Bob Developer-to-be. Advanced users can write helpful HOWTOs for everyone to use. Come and /join #gentoo once in a while and help recover the systems of users who emerged 0v3rl4y/can-get-gory/package-9999-r1337, as described at http://forums.g.o/arblegarble. It's fun! Kind regards, JeR -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list