Re: [gentoo-user] How to contribute ebuilds?

[Victor <victor@enise.org>]

On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:50:57 +1000
Sam Jorna <wraeth@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 02:42:52PM +0300, Victor wrote:
> > What is the preferred way to contribute them without becoming a
> > Gentoo Developer?
> > 
> > Should I post them to bugzilla or maybe send to `python' and `emacs'
> > overlays (if so, how?), or `sunrise' overlay? Or create my own
> > overlay?  
> 
> Hi!
> 
> You can file a "New Ebuild" request on Bugzilla (go to "New" ->
> "Gentoo Linux" and select the component "New Ebuilds"), or you can
> fork the Portage tree on GitHub[0] and submit a Pull Request.
> 
> If you're interested, you can also become a proxy-maintainer for the
> package - you would be responsible for bugs and version-bumps, and
> while you wouldn't have commit/push access to the development Portage
> tree, the members of the Proxy Maintainers project[1] are there to
> help prepare and commit ebuilds and patches.
> 
> Thanks in advance for the contribution!
> --
> Sam Jorna (wraeth)
> GnuPG Key: D6180C26

Thanks.

It's very nice that I can just submit a pull request! I've created one
for a few ebuilds.