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From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: aging ebuilds with unstable keywords - how can we help?
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:06:36
Message-Id: 1154199809.10597.1.camel@inertia.twi-31o2.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: aging ebuilds with unstable keywords - how can we help? by Matthias Bethke
1 On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 22:20 +0200, Matthias Bethke wrote:
2 > no reply, opened a bug (#140242) some two weeks ago---still nothing.
3
4 Everything prior to this was unlikely to get a response. As for the
5 bug, two weeks is barely infancy for some bugs.
6
7 > Seems I'm not following some arcane protocol. I mean, I'd be fine with
8 > any comment.
9
10 Nope. You're doing it all correctly now that you've filed a bug.
11
12 > "Your ebuild sucks, read $DOC and fix it"---Cool.
13 > "We don't have time for the three-and-a-half users of this package, just
14 > submit it for an overlay at $FOO"---Fine, I know what to do.
15 > "Mail $DEV and see to it that you get dev status yourself"---OK.
16 >
17 > Hum. Well, I've been subscribed here for a while to get a feeling for
18 > the dev process, and this seemed like a good opportunity. Maybe someone
19 > else can tell me where to start?
20
21 As I have said, you've done it right. Now it is just up to the
22 maintainers to actually pick up the bug and work it.
23
24 --
25 Chris Gianelloni
26 Release Engineering - Strategic Lead
27 x86 Architecture Team
28 Games - Developer
29 Gentoo Linux

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