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On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 13:09 +0100, Simon Stelling wrote: |
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> Bret Towe wrote: |
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> > perhaps having some proxys of a sort that accept patchs and such |
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> > from trusted users that would commit fixes to portage would help. |
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> > similiar to the kernel format that way users can 'commit'/help out quickly |
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> > without having to go thru the long process of becoming a dev |
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> Users can (and do) attach patches to any bug in bugzilla. When applying |
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> such patches, the committing dev hopefully checks the patch and makes |
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> sure it's clean, so he already is the kind of proxy you are asking for. |
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maybe he more means having a "working relationship" with people rather |
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than sending them to attach patches to bugzilla. make it more personal |
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than clinical |
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circumventing the requirement for an AT position, a casual "i give you |
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patches as i come across problems on my box, can you take care of them" |
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relationship for people who can and will contribute occasionally, w/o |
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the time to take on a dev position w/o commit access (aka Arch Tester) |
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like the people you hang out with on irc even, the ones that help other |
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users, or the kind you see active on forums, take their occational |
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patch/ebuild |
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like less red tape, more acceptance of the occasional contribution |
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how about that as "proxy"? |
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Daniel |
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> Kind Regards, |
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> Simon Stelling |
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> Gentoo/AMD64 Developer |
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