From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mons.uio.no (mons.uio.no [129.240.130.14]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1BDA20EECF7 for ; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 15:30:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: from nommo.uio.no ([129.240.222.179]) by mons.uio.no with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #7) id 16vlDT-0005Cg-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 22:30:47 +0200 Received: from terjekv by nommo.uio.no with local (Exim 2.12 #1) id 16vlDT-0007sU-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Thu, 11 Apr 2002 22:30:47 +0200 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-URL: http://terje.kvernes.no/ Organization: do you Gentoo? From: Terje Kvernes Date: 11 Apr 2002 22:30:47 +0200 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [gentoo-dev] ebuild policy questions. Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: b52c2b11-9055-4119-ae61-46afbd826722 X-Archives-Hash: 05462285b4fb078c06ab4ce2f2d66dbb hi all, thanks for a great distro! now, I'm in the process of trying to contribute a little, in effect making some ebuilds. now, the technical writing of the builds isn't a problem, yet, it's more a few things I wonder about policy-wise. first off, if I see an ebuild that is out of date, do I contact the author of the out-of-date ebuild or do I submit a new one? so far I've thought "if the old one is _really_ out of date, I'll submit a new ebuild, if it's a week or two since the new version came out, I'll take it with the author." the real question is probably how "possessive" authors are / are supposed to be with regards to their ebuilds. is there any set policy on this? second, and a bit more tricky. I thought I'd make an xgammon ebuild. all fine and dandy, but there are a few patches (from RedHat) to xgammon which are nice to have (they fix minor bugs -- void main -> int main and a few other things). what to do? if I include the patches, how do I link to them? or do I just put them in the "files"-directory with the ebuild? anyhow, thanks for your time, hopefully you won't need to thump my head too many times in the future. -- Terje - a very happy Gentoo-user, hopefully contributing a little eventually.