From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 412841387AB for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2013 22:13:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6F0FAE0A72; Fri, 1 Nov 2013 22:13:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f54.google.com (mail-wg0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 598AFE0943 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2013 22:13:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f54.google.com with SMTP id c11so107270wgh.9 for ; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:13:11 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type; bh=I1NbuivrKN5YKNW5p0JiOSF7CZrkKsSuUZChb9SzOCw=; b=wGslguC1p4iuLfBVUZbC8DevwElmjdWYwXfnkpChZ+MzO2MofGBKccD2i51/rMwjay ngeuEknKxt92cn6BxukDUzEPXM/ItoQOqSvC3/Vu+UqMKIUjY8e3XlAXWiwbhDvnlZxA JH2zdAm0NbrsXNrbVdbENYmfXjBQXIHr+Ac2KdPNQfYMl+uL2l0dVV2xUdM46qHbSIoG tnRKwxjhxdLZDMKJGL0wIDAmaS4xzETW72BgVlDTwbradkAPWMteKqkkJAn0dm8/bJkK 5cJkpPuR6H3TWkf+7+vCkzswfZuCcM7ZbGuWHhBdXsAXFvTUxpLPlETex1tq1PexLgZg TUuA== X-Received: by 10.180.94.38 with SMTP id cz6mr3954224wib.27.1383343990951; Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:13:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (cpc3-broo7-2-0-cust157.14-2.cable.virginm.net. [86.30.224.158]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ma3sm11429392wic.1.2013.11.01.15.13.10 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 01 Nov 2013 15:13:10 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 22:13:04 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] open season on other-dev's packages -- policy change? Message-ID: <20131101221304.74ef8c6d@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <527425A0.8070804@gentoo.org> References: <50AF84E9.2020608@gentoo.org> <50AF8916.9070004@gentoo.org> <50B1C234.40609@gentoo.org> <50B23CA4.90506@gentoo.org> <20131031170825.23388.qmail@stuge.se> <20131101161842.1257b1f3@TOMWIJ-GENTOO> <20131101194936.27426.qmail@stuge.se> <20131101195353.27828.qmail@stuge.se> <20131101200608.29010.qmail@stuge.se> <20131101201414.650ad1c6@googlemail.com> <527425A0.8070804@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.2 (GTK+ 2.24.22; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/VxTkv6F2u1pHDYMRqlR/g9n"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 465e46d7-ae57-4ca9-acbe-c17fe48103ef X-Archives-Hash: aeacacf85fd428a0f26652ccb0b16592 --Sig_/VxTkv6F2u1pHDYMRqlR/g9n Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:05:20 -0400 Richard Yao wrote: > On 11/01/2013 04:14 PM, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Nov 2013 22:11:38 +0200 > > Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > >> I understand that you want to shorten the time between bug opening > >> and commit... but I do not understand what you suggest... > >=20 > > Switching to Git would be a good start. > >=20 >=20 > The original source need not be under version control at all for the > purpose of writing patches. You just need to do `git init && git add > -A && git commit -m initial` and your directory is under version > control. Then you can patch it to your heart's content until you are > happy with it. The point is that git makes it super-easy to contribute patches, both for users and for developers. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/VxTkv6F2u1pHDYMRqlR/g9n Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlJ0J3QACgkQ96zL6DUtXhGC0gCgxnHyF9eMJjreIuAyA3163Q4v D9cAoIuAXd5wEgxyfrwD/8LEx3NuY47o =YK1L -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/VxTkv6F2u1pHDYMRqlR/g9n--