[gentoo-dev] Todo/project list for Gentoo

[gentoo-dev] Todo/project list for Gentoo

[Kashif Shaikh]

I've been using Gentoo now for a couple of months, wrote some ebuilds, 
loved gentoo's simplicity(configuration system), etc.  BUT, I would like 
to get involved more with Gentoo though I don't know where to start or 
what to improve.

Is there a general Todo list or Goal list of features we want, so some 
of us can go ahead an implement them?  For example, there was an idea of 
putting portage into a db system.

One feature that I think is good, but I don't take advantage as much as 
I would like to is the USE variable system.  Reason? Usually I have no 
way of knowing what 'optional capabilities' an ebuild package has so I 
can enable the USE var for it. In other words, it would be nice to query 
a package for its general optional capabilities it provides.


Maybe there is a todo list on the website, but as far as I have read, I 
couldn't find any:)

Kashif Shaikh



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Re: [gentoo-dev] Todo/project list for Gentoo

[John Nilsson]

Your todo list is called bugs.gentoo.org =)
Seriously what you could do that I would like is a gentoo-user-wiki.

For Swedish users take a look at http://www.susning.nu and you'll know
what I'm talking about. Is there an English equivalent?

/John

On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 06:26, Kashif Shaikh wrote:
> I've been using Gentoo now for a couple of months, wrote some ebuilds, 
> loved gentoo's simplicity(configuration system), etc.  BUT, I would like 
> to get involved more with Gentoo though I don't know where to start or 
> what to improve.
> 
> Is there a general Todo list or Goal list of features we want, so some 
> of us can go ahead an implement them?  For example, there was an idea of 
> putting portage into a db system.
> 
> One feature that I think is good, but I don't take advantage as much as 
> I would like to is the USE variable system.  Reason? Usually I have no 
> way of knowing what 'optional capabilities' an ebuild package has so I 
> can enable the USE var for it. In other words, it would be nice to query 
> a package for its general optional capabilities it provides.
> 
> 
> Maybe there is a todo list on the website, but as far as I have read, I 
> couldn't find any:)
> 
> Kashif Shaikh
> 
> 
> 
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> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
> 

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Todo/project list for Gentoo

[Nick Jones]

> One feature that I think is good, but I don't take advantage as much as 
> I would like to is the USE variable system.  Reason? Usually I have no 
> way of knowing what 'optional capabilities' an ebuild package has so I 
> can enable the USE var for it. In other words, it would be nice to query 
> a package for its general optional capabilities it provides.

Not documented yet, but -r11, to be updated to -r12 shortly, has
emerge -vp package
which includes a patch that displays USE variables affecting a package.

--NJ

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