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On 11.10.2021 2.05, Petru Ciobanu wrote: |
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> I'm using net-vpn/openfortivpn almost everyday and I would like to start |
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> contributing to Gentoo. If possible, I would not mind to start looking |
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> after it, alone or to co-maintain it with someone who knows more |
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> about maintaining a package. Also, I would not mind some hits on where |
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> to start, but I'm sure I can find enough information on Gentoo docs. |
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Hey, |
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thanks for your interest! I see there's a lot to do with openfortivpn. |
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First, there's a version bump available, and a relatively simply-looking |
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bug you could try to fix with the version bump, |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/766357 |
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Then you can call for a stabilization of a newer version, |
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net-vpn/openfortivpn |
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StableRequest: version 1.16.0: slot(0) no change in 161 days for |
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unstable keyword: [ ~amd64 ] |
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and after stabilization is done, you can attempt to remove the older |
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versions. Please see |
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https://devmanual.gentoo.org/keywording/index.html#moving-from-arch-to-arch |
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for stabilization guide. |
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We prefer getting pull requests through Github, see |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Gentoo_Github for a general guide into |
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that. If you use IRC, you can join #gentoo-dev-help on Libera.chat |
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network to get more guidance. |
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You can contribute to maintainer-needed packages without having to |
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become the maintainer. We do allow regular users to become maintainers |
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of packages they're interested in via the proxy-maint project, |
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https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers |
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but we'd first like to see some successful contributions and consistency |
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from you. As said, you can freely contribute to maintainer-needed |
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packages without having to become the maintainer. |
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-- juippis |
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