Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: James Potts <arek75@×××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Bugzilla usage by gentoo-java's doing migration work
Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 05:14:20
Message-Id: 200606250110.05282.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Bugzilla usage by gentoo-java's doing migration work by James Potts
1 On Saturday 24 June 2006 00:07, James Potts wrote:
2 > There is a problem here for the java folks...Technically, their
3 > migration-overlay is an overlay, and technically, that overlay is
4 > currently unofficial. Therefore, technically, if it is against the
5 > rules for projects and/or devs to use bugzilla for unofficial
6 > overlays. then it is against the rules for the java team to use
7 > bugzilla for their migration-overlay.
8
9 what rules ?
10
11 > As for the fact that the migration overlay is in the process of being
12 > moved to o.g.o, "in the process of" doesn't mean it's already been
13 > done, and until it's finished, the above statement stands.
14 >
15 > Props *and* apologies to the java team for this, but it looks like you
16 > need to move the overlay *before* you finish the migration process
17 > now.
18
19 the java overlay has existed far longer than overlays.g.o. to demand they
20 halt all development and they move their stuff from gentooexperimental.org to
21 overlays.g.o so they can suddenly be allowed to use bugzilla/gentoo infra is
22 just asine.
23
24 java devs are getting work done, dont sit there and waste their time with
25 rules such as this.
26 -mike