Re: [gentoo-alt] Crossdev in a prefix / bug 384167

[heroxbd]

Hey Greg,



<gmt@×××××.us> writes:



> I have crossdev starting to work in a prefix, via an overlay. So far,
> I have x86_64-pc-linux-gnu->i686-pc-linux-gnu[-multilib] working, and
> I seem to be making good progress towards my intermediate objective,
> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu->x86-64-w64-mingw64[multilib].
>
> I’ll need to sort through my overlay and figure out exactly what bits
> are essential to making crossdev work, and, for that matter, whether
> certain changes serve any purpose at all... Anyhow the good news is,
> there aren’t a ton of major changes involved.


Great! And as Ruus mentioned in another reply, we are also working on

it.



> The bad news is, the changes I do have are spread out across multiple
> projects.


I am curious about the changes besides the crossdev script itself.



> I’m wondering, how should I share this stuff? Possibilities are:
>
> o bug 384167


I think bugzilla is the central place to track this. People (including

me) has already submitted patches. It would be nice to see how your

patch is (in)different from previous ones. And we can make the best of

it.



IMHO, we'd better get the patch integrated upstream, or track the

patches with a git repo (updated against upstream).



> o multiple bugzilla bugs
>
> o Post patches here or to gentoo-dev@×××××.go
>
> o Put overlay on github
>
> Is there much interest in this? If so, I suspect I can cook up an
> overlay, get feedback, and thereby achieve a higher S/N on bugzilla
> contributions down the line. If nobody is likely to spend any time
> looking at an overlay* then I’d be more inclined, I guess, to just go
> the multiple-bugs route.


Cheers,

Benda