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On Fri, 2018-11-16 at 21:24 +0100, Peter wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> I'm looking for some guidance on what package to help with, since the number of packages in need of a maintainer its kinda overwhelming. I would like to start with something simple in order to learn the ropes without being overwelmed by a big ebuild for example. I have my eyes on net-misc/wput bump (https://bugs.gentoo.org/647848), which doesn't seem much complicated, but I'm not sure if this is a good choice or if I should start in any other instead. |
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The best choice is something you're actually using. I'm sorry but I |
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don't have a command to match your installed packages with maintainer- |
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needed handy. Usually you just notice something you're using is |
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somewhat broken/outdated and that nobody fixes it. |
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> Also I believe the thing needed its to do a PR on Gentoo's repository with the change needed, right? Do I need also to update the metadata.xml file or its that done by the Team in a later phase? |
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You update it yourself. If you do something wrong, we'll tell you |
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and probably won't shout at you much ;-). |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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