On Monday 24 of November 2008 09:21:33 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> Tiziano Müller wrote:
> > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
> >> I was told to try sunrise with some of my ebuilds.  There's a reason I
> >> didn't, and I suspect it's the same other people also don't go to
> >> sunrise.  There's no good way of contributing an ebuild.  There's no
> >> bugzilla or website where I can upload the ebuild.  All I'm told is to
> >> go to IRC.  I would as well might have been required to go to
> >> McDonald's.
> >
> > Well, sunrise is not about uploading a package just somewhere but about
> > having it reviewed and corrected such that it follows basic guidelines.
> > Since this process requires bi-directional communication, IRC is a good
> > (low-latency) way to do that.
>
> I disagree.  IM does not provide for communication that can be
> looked-up, which is important.  I post something, many people will look
> at it and some of them will reply.  That is not possible with IM.  A
> mailing list is also sub-optimal.  A forum or bugzilla is needed where
> information/communication is stored and can be categorized and looked up.

The previous speeker just told you sunrise cooperates with Gentoo 
bugzilla. :-) Anyway, if IRC is not an option for everyone (i agree it may 
not be), mailinglist would be good. This way any informations could be 
archived for next contributors. :)

Cheers.