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From: "Marko Kocić" <marko.kocic@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Wesnoth version
Date: Sat, 05 May 2007 18:07:40
Message-Id: 9238e8de0705051100m2c48f10dn3b79e1c2cb7d6db0@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Wesnoth version by "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr."
1 On 5/5/07, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <bss03@××××××××××.net> wrote:
2 > Yeah, a new numbered release deserves it's own ebuild, even if it has to
3 > linger in package.mask. Make sure it's been 2-3 days after the release
4 > and then file a version bump bug. Please report if "simply renaming" the
5 > existing ebuild works and/or what you had to change to get a clean
6 > compile/install.
7
8 Simple renaming worked on my "~x86" system. I haven't noticed nothing
9 suspicious so far.
10
11 > If you follow Wesnoth closely, but aren't part of upstream, you might
12 > consider becoming a/the gentoo package maintainer for it. IIRC, IMHO, the
13 > packaging for Wesnoth could use a little "love".
14
15 I agree that Wesnoth woul need more "love", but I don't qualify as
16 official maintainer of Wesnoth package simply because I have never
17 looked into the code. But if "let's try to rename ebuild and see what
18 happens when the new version is released", I'll be glad to help by
19 sending reports to this list.
20
21 Thanks,
22 Marko
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