From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1983138206 for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:21:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 57A6F21C029; Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:21:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from enise.org (static.209.50.46.78.clients.your-server.de [78.46.50.209]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26A95E084D for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:21:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from probook (unknown [93.92.200.183]) by enise.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A9E061322D6C for ; Sun, 24 Apr 2016 21:21:08 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 00:20:41 +0300 From: Victor To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: How to contribute ebuilds? Message-ID: <20160425002041.0205f6da@probook> In-Reply-To: References: <20160424144252.26640c73@probook> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 55a9f8af-7a8e-442f-a2d9-8bfbf6fefca9 X-Archives-Hash: 60241773f6ec1ecde5f633e37092c71d On Sun, 24 Apr 2016 17:11:54 +0000 (UTC) James wrote: > Victor enise.org> writes: > > > > I have a couple of ebuilds for some software not in main tree, > > mainly emacs and python modules. > > What is the preferred way to contribute them without becoming a > > Gentoo Developer? > > I think the preferred method (it takes time to go down the gentoo-dev > or gentoo-proxy-maintainer pathways) is to setup a github acccount > and post your body of work there because github makes it easy for > folks to collaborate with you and your work. > > [...] > > > 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? > > Yes, that way, we get immediate access to the ebuilds to test them > out and give you feedback. Put up some details, related to these > packages, either in bgo or a github/blog, particularly if they are > part of a theme you are pursuing. Thanks. > Who knows, maybe you'll also want to bring turbogears2 to gentoo? > That would be very, bery cool! Turbogears1 use to be part of the > packages available. Turbogears2 is very cool [1]. I've never used turbogears, I'll take a note :)