[gentoo-project] Re: apply to join toolchain herd

[Ryan Hill]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 09:19:30 +0200
Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o> wrote:

> On 30-09-2013 00:34:51 -0400, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote:
> > I really like this idea.  If he could drop a new rev of the toolchain
> > eclass into the tree, and make little p.masked updates to use it, then
> > that would serve many purposes.
>
> Honestly, please use an overlay instead.  Mike's concern is not to be
> ignored (I've seen the bugs), and I'm affraid I have to agree that
> gaining skills (which takes time) and being careful is more important
> than just moving forward here.

If I'm nervous enough about a change that I would put it in a new eclass, it's
because I need more test coverage.  I won't get any in the toolchain overlay
as I'm pretty sure I can count the number of people using it on one hand. What
I'm probably going to do is add a toolchain-next eclass to the tree and have
masked versions use it, moving changes into the real eclass when they get
unmasked.

But back on topic, Benda I'd be happy to review patches or help you out in the
areas I cover.  For now I think it would be best to keep doing what you're
doing and we'll see how it goes.  We definitely need more help.


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Ryan Hill                        psn: dirtyepic_sk
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