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On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 04:26 +0000, Casey Allen Shobe wrote: |
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> What do I need to do to get started on this? Do I simply mail a |
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> patch to this list, or ask somebody for a CVS account and commit |
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> changes directly? |
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Well, becoming a developer requires some time. If you're simply looking |
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to submit this one ebuild, then file a bug on bugs.gentoo.org and attach |
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the ebuild to it. |
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> I'm also a bit confused about the portdir_overlay thing - If there |
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> exists a -r15, do I then add a -r16 to make emerge realize an |
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> update is available. What happens then when an -r16 hits the |
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> regular portage tree? |
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Nothing would happen. Since you would already have -r16 installed, |
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portage would just skip it. Once -r17 hit the tree, it would be |
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upgraded to the in-tree version. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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