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From: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Bugzilla handling for maintainer-wanted things
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:46:32
Message-Id: 4308A08A.1060806@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Bugzilla handling for maintainer-wanted things by "Nathan L. Adams"
1 Nathan L. Adams wrote:
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3 >
4 > Its a chicken and egg situation. I need to have a certain level of
5 > expertise with ebuild syntax and conventions to do the job. So I've
6 > asked for some help from an expert. Also, I learn things quicker and
7 > easier by first seeing examples and then seeing the documentation;
8 > that's just me. Once I've learned a bit, I can start doing things on my
9 > own. By the way, I didn't create the ebuild. Peer review isn't when you
10 > review your own work. Its when somebody else, knowlegdable in the
11 > subject, reviews your work.
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13 examples available in the portage tree...
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15 Documentation with examples and more
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17 http://dev.gentoo.org/~plasmaroo/devmanual/
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19 >
20 > *THAT* is a great idea. I am proficient in several scripting languages.
21 > I am willing to write the tools if someone more knowledgable is willing
22 > to help me with what the 'best practices' are for ebuilds. Its a 'you
23 > help me and we'll both help Gentoo' situation.
24 >
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26 See above, you can just pass on IRC to contact us directly btw.
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28 lu
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32 Luca Barbato
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34 Gentoo/linux Developer Gentoo/PPC Operational Leader
35 http://dev.gentoo.org/~lu_zero
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