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On Mon, Oct 04, 2010 at 09:45:32PM +0200, Sebastian Pipping wrote: |
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> Hey there, |
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> like etc-update and dispatch-conf _conf-update_ seems to be one of the |
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> more central tools in Gentoo. |
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> I have the impression that it is unmaintained because... |
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> - metadata.xml says maintainer-needed, and |
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> - upstream seems to be a single _retired_ Gentoo dev, only. |
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> There is lots of smaller task you could start with: |
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> - Clean up the (rather messy) ebuild |
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> - Integrate patches from the ebuild into a new release |
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> - Fix ugly compile warnings |
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> If you are fluid in C but not Ebuilds we may find a proxy or mentor for |
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> you. Please contact us, i.e. please reply to the thread on gentoo-dev. |
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> Thanks! |
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> Sebastian |
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Hi Sebastian, |
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I would very glad to help in this issue. |
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I don't have ebuild experience but currently I am reading the developer |
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handbook and I am fluent in C. |
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I've taken a look at conf-update code and I think I can handle it. |
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Regards. |
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