[gentoo-dev] How can I get the ebuild I wrote noticed by someone(maybe developer)?

[gentoo-dev] How can I get the ebuild I wrote noticed by someone(maybe developer)?

[Shaochun Wang]

Hi all:

I wrote an ebuild games-misc/llk_linux-2.3 and uploaded it on bugzilla
of gentoo on Mar 2007. After one year, this ebuild still just stays on
bugzilla. I don't know whether someone used it or not. How can I found
this type of information from bugzilla?


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Re: [gentoo-dev] How can I get the ebuild I wrote noticed by someone(maybe developer)?

[Richard Freeman]

Shaochun Wang wrote:
> I wrote an ebuild games-misc/llk_linux-2.3 and uploaded it on bugzilla
> of gentoo on Mar 2007. After one year, this ebuild still just stays on
> bugzilla. I don't know whether someone used it or not. How can I found
> this type of information from bugzilla?
> 

The difficulty is that for a dev to commit this to portage is 
essentially a commitment to continue to maintain it.  For this reason, 
obscure packages may be harder to get into the tree.

You might consider looking into gentoo sunrise, which is designed to 
allow ebuild contributors to get packages into a semi-official overlay 
with a lower threshold of entry, but with some QA.

You can find info on this project at:
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/sunrise/

Alternatively, your best bet for getting something into portage is to 
ask nicely on this list, or in the forums, or on irc.  It doesn't always 
work, and this is more-or-less by design.  The goal is to have a high 
level of QA for packages in portage, and that means that nothing can 
really get into the tree unless somebody is willing to commit to 
maintaining it.  Overlays like sunrise are a good way to allow users to 
still have packages while lowering the barrier to entry and getting more 
participation.

The hope is also that some who participate in sunrise might even go on 
to be full-fledged developers, and packages that get a lot of attention 
in sunrise might eventually move to the main tree.

I hope this information helps you a little.  I actually have nothing at 
all to do with sunrise, but I know those involved in this project have 
been trying to promote it.  One thing I like about sunrise is that it 
helps address one of the biggest gentoo user complaints - that gentoo 
makes it hard to get involved.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] How can I get the ebuild I wrote noticed by someone(maybe developer)?

[Zhang Le]

On 23:26 Sat 05 Apr     , Shaochun Wang wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> I wrote an ebuild games-misc/llk_linux-2.3 and uploaded it on bugzilla
> of gentoo on Mar 2007. After one year, this ebuild still just stays on
> bugzilla. I don't know whether someone used it or not. How can I found
> this type of information from bugzilla?

I can put it in gentoo-china overlay, if you like.
I think llk(lian lian kan) is not so popular outside China. It is understandable
that none has shown interest in maintaining it.

I'll try to finish ebuild quiz soon, so that I can add it to tree.
Or you can become a dev and maintain this package yourself.

Zhang Le
Simplifid Chinese Doc/GMN Lead
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Re: [gentoo-dev] How can I get the ebuild I wrote noticed by someone(maybe developer)?

[Shaochun Wang]

On Mon, Apr 07, 2008 at 12:13:51AM +0800, Zhang Le wrote:
> I'll try to finish ebuild quiz soon, so that I can add it to tree.
Wish you pass the ebuild quiz! Waiting for you to add it to the Chinese
Overlay. BTW, I also write an ebuild for qrfcview with one patch, which
is an RFC viewer.

> Or you can become a dev and maintain this package yourself.
I have no clear idea about the way to become a developer. What is ebuild
quiz and how to take it?

THX

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[gentoo-dev] Re: How can I get the ebuild I wrote noticed by someone(maybe developer)?

[Duncan]

Shaochun Wang <scwang@ios.ac.cn> posted 20080407012101.GA2679@localhost,
excerpted below, on  Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:21:01 +0800:

> I have no clear idea about the way to become a developer. What is ebuild
> quiz and how to take it?

Start with the developer handbook, here:

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml

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