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 1Ga4i3-0008DI-0o for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:15:23 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id k9I6DFiP020752; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:13:15 GMT Received: from mail.netspace.net.au (cumulus.netspace.net.au [203.10.110.72]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k9I6BD7x017298 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 06:11:14 GMT Received: from [172.16.0.52] (ppp246-231.static.internode.on.net [203.122.246.231]) by mail.netspace.net.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61E19680C3 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2006 16:11:10 +1000 (EST) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: how thorough is #emerge --sync? From: Iain Buchanan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200610172253.27152.bulliver@badcomputer.org> References: <20061018033704.56943.qmail@web31713.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20061018034357.48707.qmail@web31708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <1798094.hGOHUqiLf3@m-id.message-center.info> <200610172253.27152.bulliver@badcomputer.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:41:13 +0930 Message-Id: <1161151873.9922.37.camel@orpheus> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id k9I6DFir020752 X-Archives-Salt: 0cd49760-5760-419f-816d-a07c181b0370 X-Archives-Hash: e4a33f788f6ffbdc15696384de0449c4 On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 22:53 -0700, Darren Kirby wrote: > Quoth the Alexander Skwar > > =C2=B7 maxim wexler : > > >>digg2ogg > > > > > > should be dir2ogg > > > > 0.8 is the latest stable version. Why do you think, that a different > > version should be offered, when you "emerge dir2ogg"? >=20 > Well, I'm the upstream author, and _I_ think there should be different = (ie:=20 > newer) version offered. Good enough?=20 Can't argue with that *lol* can I call you UPSTREAM? ;) This is what I do in cases like this (not aimed at UPSTREAM, but for anyone's reference :) 1. look in /usr/portage to see if newer ebuild exists. - if it does, find out whether it's in ~x86, or hard masked, and decide if I want to explicitly unmask it (usually I do). 2. if no ebuild exists, check bugs.gentoo.org and see if anyone has requested it / submitted an ebuild that I can put in my overlay. 3. if not, I look at the app's homepage and see if I really want / need the latest features, and if so I submit a version bump request on bugs.gentoo.org, providing as much help in the testing process as I can. 4. if it's a very popular app, like gnome, then I look for unofficial ebuilds and put them in my overlay. If you try any of these options (unmask, overlay, or unofficial ebuild), then be prepared for issues / bugs. But that's what the game is all about :) HTH, --=20 Iain Buchanan In order to discover who you are, first learn who everybody else is; you're what's left. --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list