From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1S0UZZ-0005eG-A2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:02:45 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E2D3EE0B7E for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:02:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99AEDE0AFB for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pz0-f53.google.com (mail-pz0-f53.google.com [209.85.210.53]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: floppym) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 260DC1B4004 for ; Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:41:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by dady25 with SMTP id y25so1080662dad.40 for ; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:41:05 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of floppym@gentoo.org designates 10.68.196.168 as permitted sender) client-ip=10.68.196.168; Authentication-Results: mr.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of floppym@gentoo.org designates 10.68.196.168 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=floppym@gentoo.org Received: from mr.google.com ([10.68.196.168]) by 10.68.196.168 with SMTP id in8mr371221pbc.34.1329979265896 (num_hops = 1); Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:41:05 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.68.196.168 with SMTP id in8mr302543pbc.34.1329979265809; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:41:05 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.68.46.135 with HTTP; Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:41:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120222230334.5585ba23@Michelle> References: <20120222230334.5585ba23@Michelle> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:41:05 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Maintainer for Compiz? From: Mike Gilbert To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: cc4234fc-4c67-498a-8052-881bb279ef94 X-Archives-Hash: 84995129b17f406ba1e6d0f16a79353d On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Chandler Paul wrote= : > Hello, I've asked this question around in the IRC, and I've done a bit of= Googling, but I haven't been able to find anything on this, so I hope that= this is the correct place to ask. Apparently, the Compiz-fusion package is= masked because it lacks a maintainer. However, from what it looks like it'= s not a proxied maintainer, as it's not on the list. I was thinking of step= ping up to be a maintainer for it, but I'm assuming that would mean writing= patches for it. I do have a relatively OK understanding of C and C++, but = I don't know if it would be good enough to be able to write patches for it.= So, I guess what I'm asking is what exactly would maintaining the package = entail, and how would I go about becoming a maintainer? > Also, I really hope this isn't the wrong place to ask, as I didn't go str= aight to here before doing some research, hopefully it isn't though... > Compiz has "desktop-effects" listed as its maintainer. However, the desktop-effects herd has indicated that they are no longer maintaining compiz. You are welcome to proxy maintain it if you feel you are up to the task. Maintaining a package means a few things: - Troubleshooting bug reports. I think this is probably the most important = part. - Following upstream development, and working with them to resolve issues. - Ebuild maintenance. This may involve some patching to fix issues when necessary. So, as a starting point, I would suggest you take a look through bugs.gentoo.org for open bug reports related to compiz. You will want to set up a local portage overlay to play with if you have not done so already. You can use this to test any fixes you may develop, as well as improve your ebuild writing skills.