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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GRA4C-0000Iv-Sa for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:09:25 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k8NG8Qbh014289; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:08:26 GMT Received: from smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.157.102]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k8NG8Pxf014738 for ; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:08:26 GMT Received: from mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.157.22]) by smtp02.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 23 Sep 2006 12:08:25 -0400 Received: from smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net (smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.11]) by mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net (MOS 3.7.5a-GA) with ESMTP id MGW20248; Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:08:23 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 146-115-26-214.c3-0.abr-ubr1.sbo-abr.ma.cable.rcn.com (HELO [192.168.1.12]) ([146.115.26.214]) by smtp01.lnh.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP; 23 Sep 2006 12:08:20 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: i="4.09,207,1157342400"; d="scan'208"; a="281861487:sNHT24348036" Message-ID: <45155C24.80502@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:09:08 -0400 From: Joshua Nichols User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060730) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-java@gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-java Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] contributing to Gentoo Java References: <1158946058.24342.19.camel@localhost> <45142C01.2070608@gentoo.org> <1158956253.7524.5.camel@localhost> <45144669.9030805@gentoo.org> <1158958795.7524.9.camel@localhost> <1158969144.23164.17.camel@wlt.obsidian-studios.com> <45147AD0.30602@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Junkmail-Status: score=10/50, host=mr02.lnh.mail.rcn.net X-Junkmail-SD-Raw: score=unknown, refid=str=0001.0A090208.451559F7.0033,ss=1,fgs=0, ip=207.172.4.11, so=2006-05-09 23:27:51, dmn=5.2.113/2006-07-26 X-Archives-Salt: 56873429-2541-402a-9f24-17581455e911 X-Archives-Hash: aa0109e168573cddb608d8fa96661851 robert burrell donkin wrote: > i'm currently preparing content for a guide for apache releases for > use in the incubator (through which all new projects enter). advice on > best practices will be included. > > being able to selectively turn off tests sounds like it be suitable > for inclusion. > > anyone else care to offer any other advise on how to create more > friendly builds etc...? > We started this document: https://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/java/wiki/How_to_be_a_good_upstream It is by no means complete or thorough, but we do add to it as we run into things that make packaging more difficult. Regards, -- Joshua Nichols Gentoo/Java Project Lead -- gentoo-java@gentoo.org mailing list