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On 09/06/06, Luis Francisco Araujo <araujo@g.o> wrote: |
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> Yes, i agree, writting and maintaining ebuilds is a hard and |
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> *time-consuming* task. |
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> So if an user can't even take the time to fix a digest, why we should |
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> support him |
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> officially?. |
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The point is that there are lots of users who are interested in niche |
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packages that no developers use or are interested in. These users have |
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the skills to write an ebuild, and other users of the package have the |
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skills to fix and maintain that ebuild over time. These guys don't |
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mind downloading ebuilds from bugzilla and fixing digests. But there |
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are a larger class of users of niche packages that don't have the |
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ebuild skills, and don't want the hassle of bugzilla and digest |
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fixing. This larger group of users are the ones that would benefit |
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from an overlay. |
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