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From: John Nilsson <john@×××××××.nu>
To: Kashif Shaikh <k2shaikh@×××××.com>
Cc: gentoo-dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Todo/project list for Gentoo
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2003 16:21:34
Message-Id: 1044548020.6629.42.camel@newkid.milsson.nu
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Todo/project list for Gentoo by Kashif Shaikh
1 Your todo list is called bugs.gentoo.org =)
2 Seriously what you could do that I would like is a gentoo-user-wiki.
3
4 For Swedish users take a look at http://www.susning.nu and you'll know
5 what I'm talking about. Is there an English equivalent?
6
7 /John
8
9 On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 06:26, Kashif Shaikh wrote:
10 > I've been using Gentoo now for a couple of months, wrote some ebuilds,
11 > loved gentoo's simplicity(configuration system), etc. BUT, I would like
12 > to get involved more with Gentoo though I don't know where to start or
13 > what to improve.
14 >
15 > Is there a general Todo list or Goal list of features we want, so some
16 > of us can go ahead an implement them? For example, there was an idea of
17 > putting portage into a db system.
18 >
19 > One feature that I think is good, but I don't take advantage as much as
20 > I would like to is the USE variable system. Reason? Usually I have no
21 > way of knowing what 'optional capabilities' an ebuild package has so I
22 > can enable the USE var for it. In other words, it would be nice to query
23 > a package for its general optional capabilities it provides.
24 >
25 >
26 > Maybe there is a todo list on the website, but as far as I have read, I
27 > couldn't find any:)
28 >
29 > Kashif Shaikh
30 >
31 >
32 >
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34 > gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list
35 >
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