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On 2/23/12 12:03 AM, Chandler Paul wrote: |
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> Hello, I've asked this question around in the IRC, and I've done a |
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> bit of Googling, but I haven't been able to find anything on this, |
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> so I hope that this is the correct place to ask. |
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I think that technically gentoo-dev would be better, but I think this |
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doesn't require much discussion. More details below. |
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> Apparently, the Compiz-fusion package is masked because it lacks a |
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> maintainer. However, from what it looks like it's not a proxied |
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> maintainer, as it's not on the list. |
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Correct. |
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> I was thinking of stepping up to be a maintainer for it, but I'm |
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> assuming that would mean writing patches for it. |
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Sort of, fixing bugs reported to Gentoo to be more precise. |
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> I do have a relatively OK understanding of C and C++, but I don't |
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> know if it would be good enough to be able to write patches for it. |
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> So, I guess what I'm asking is what exactly would maintaining the |
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> package entail, and how would I go about becoming a maintainer? |
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Submit fixes for the bugs reported to Gentoo. It's not like "I want to |
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be a maintainer, and I'll see if I'll be able", but rather "I submitted |
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10 good patches, now can I be listed as the maintainer". |
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You don't need to have any "formal status" to submit patches for the |
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ebuilds (not all of them have to deal with C or C++). |
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> Also, I really hope this isn't the wrong place to ask, as I didn't |
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> go straight to here before doing some research, hopefully it isn't |
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> though... |
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I recommend gentoo-dev, just when you have some more _specific_ |
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questions. Try to fix a particular bug or issue, and ask if you have |
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some trouble (just do your homework first, e.g. read the devmanual). |