Stuart Herbert wrote:
> I've been very happy with using svn+trac overlays to bridge this gap. 
> They provide a sandbox for contributions to be shared and evaluated. 
> They provide a place where I've been able to give commit access to
> non-devs, so that they can learn the ropes w/out threatening the
> Portage tree proper.  They provide a place where people who just want
> to write docs for a single package can contribute.
> 
> Overlays create a sense of participation that's lacking with Bugzilla
> patch submissions.  Backed up with regular communication (I recommend
> not recruiting anyone who won't spend time in the IRC channels, but
> that's a personal preference), they help us get things done quicker.
> 
> The downside with overlays at the moment is that they're scattered
> around the net, and if you don't know where to look they can be very
> hard to find.  I've been talking with infra about providing
> overlays.g.o as a central hosting service for herd and individual
> developer overlays.  Infra have been very supportive of the idea.  I
> just need to free up some time to get the service launched.

This definitely sounds like a fun idea. It would be even cooler if we
were using a distributed SCM on both ends that allowed for easy merging.

Donnie