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 1FM6sw-0005Wt-2m for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:12:38 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with SMTP id k2MHC47B020037; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:12:04 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5.20060308/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k2MHA9WN032484 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:10:09 GMT Received: from c-67-171-150-177.hsd1.or.comcast.net ([67.171.150.177] helo=[192.168.1.106]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.54) id 1FM6qX-0000k9-AN for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 22 Mar 2006 17:10:09 +0000 Message-ID: <4421836A.8040000@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 09:03:38 -0800 From: Donnie Berkholz User-Agent: Mail/News 1.5 (X11/20060208) 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Official overlay support References: <441F35B9.8000406@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD0210FF2A0509385CC0C59D8" X-Archives-Salt: 373bfd36-2ae6-4ab2-b0e0-7fa493824aac X-Archives-Hash: 1f8883e8bec982961e60345022a5056f This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD0210FF2A0509385CC0C59D8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Stuart Herbert wrote: > I've been very happy with using svn+trac overlays to bridge this gap.=20 > They provide a sandbox for contributions to be shared and evaluated.=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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 --------------enigD0210FF2A0509385CC0C59D8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEIYNqXVaO67S1rtsRAo0bAKC06MPFeXU1XB2mhErEyPiTRgU/fwCgxlnh CVMdy/y4g+enQFlzJ4TLnpc= =phEX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD0210FF2A0509385CC0C59D8-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list