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On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 11:51:45AM +0200, Philippe Lafoucrière wrote: |
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> Don't kill me too soon... but I really find the way to post new ebuilds |
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> too complicated. I went to bugs.gentoo.org, and got a : |
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> "The 'bug number' is invalid. It is neither a bug number nor an alias |
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> to a bug number. If you are trying to use QuickSearch, you need to |
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> enable JavaScript in your browser. To help us fix this limitation, add |
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> your comments to bug 70907." |
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Where did you click? The above "I went to ... and got a ..." is not |
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exactly a useful bug report... |
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> It's really hard to add the new ebuild. I had to go through the maze of |
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> bugs.gentoo.org. There's no REAL place to add them (no category for new |
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> ebuilds). This part is really "fuzzy" too in |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-howto.xml with just a link to |
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> bugs.gentoo.org. |
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That's why we have http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/ebuild-submit.xml |
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> I think this should be really simpler, with maybe a new web repository |
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> to upload ebuilds (I know, bugs.gentoo.org is one, but it's too heavy). |
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Even with the guide you didn't find? |
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I think having new ebuilds coupled to bugzilla is essential because |
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it provides a method for feedback on the ebuilds in case of problems. |
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Bye, Patrick |
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