[gentoo-user] sane-backends

[gentoo-user] sane-backends

[Michael George]

I just got a new scanner which will be supported in version 1.0.22 of
the sane-backend package.  However, that version isn't in portage yet.
How do I find who the maintainers of the portage package are so that I
can contact them to see if I can help get that port made available?

-- 
-M

There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
	Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.

Re: [gentoo-user] sane-backends

[Dale]

Michael George wrote:
> I just got a new scanner which will be supported in version 1.0.22 of
> the sane-backend package.  However, that version isn't in portage yet.
> How do I find who the maintainers of the portage package are so that I
> can contact them to see if I can help get that port made available?
>
>    

This where the change log for one of the sane packages is located.

/usr/portage/media-gfx/sane-backends/ChangeLog

Usually the ones that edit there are the maintainers.  I think you need 
to file a bug report and request the new version to be put in the tree 
and eventually made stable.

Of course, if it is really new, it may be in a overlay for testing too.  
Some put them in the overlay to test then move them over to the tree a 
bit later if there are no problems or weird dependency problems.

I think there is a fancy command to get that info but can't recall it at 
the moment.  I bet someone will post it tho.  ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] sane-backends

[Dale]

Dale wrote:
> Michael George wrote:
>> I just got a new scanner which will be supported in version 1.0.22 of
>> the sane-backend package.  However, that version isn't in portage yet.
>> How do I find who the maintainers of the portage package are so that I
>> can contact them to see if I can help get that port made available?
>>
>
> This where the change log for one of the sane packages is located.
>
> /usr/portage/media-gfx/sane-backends/ChangeLog
>
> Usually the ones that edit there are the maintainers.  I think you 
> need to file a bug report and request the new version to be put in the 
> tree and eventually made stable.
>
> Of course, if it is really new, it may be in a overlay for testing 
> too.  Some put them in the overlay to test then move them over to the 
> tree a bit later if there are no problems or weird dependency problems.
>
> I think there is a fancy command to get that info but can't recall it 
> at the moment.  I bet someone will post it tho.  ;-)
>
> Dale
>
> :-)  :-)
>

Someone already filed a bug for it.

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355827

You may want to add yourself to the CC so that you can tell what is 
being done with it.

Dale

:-)  :-)

Re: [gentoo-user] sane-backends

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:26:38 -0500, Dale wrote:

> Some put them in the overlay to test then move them over to the tree a 
> bit later if there are no problems or weird dependency problems.
> 
> I think there is a fancy command to get that info but can't recall it
> at the moment.  I bet someone will post it tho.  ;-)

eix-remote update

Run this after an emerge --sync && eix-update and eix will index the
overlays you don't use as well as the ones you do.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

"Bad dog! Leave that wire alone.....click.....###@*##....NO TERRIER

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Re: [gentoo-user] sane-backends

[Kfir Lavi]

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On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 1:52 AM, Michael George <george@mutualdata.com>wrote:

> I just got a new scanner which will be supported in version 1.0.22 of
> the sane-backend package.  However, that version isn't in portage yet.
> How do I find who the maintainers of the portage package are so that I
> can contact them to see if I can help get that port made available?
>
> --
> -M
>
> There are 10 kinds of people in this world:
>        Those who can count in binary and those who cannot.
>
>
>
You can create your local overlay, and try to upgrade the ebuild to your
needs.
If it works, you can send your changes as a patch to the maintainers of the
package.

Kfir

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