Re: [gentoo-user] Uploading ebuilds

[Holly Bostick]

Christoph Gysin schreef:
> Rafael Fernández López wrote:
>
>> If I fill in a bug for uploading ebuilds (is the right way) I've
>> created a patch file, so what I've to do !!! THE EBUILD IS DONE !!!
>> WHY CANNOT GENTOO USERS BENEFIT FROM IT ??
>
>
> Yes, the right way is to file a bug on bugzilla. But be patient. A
> developer needs to be willing to maintain your ebuild, or it won't
> ever get accepted to portage.

But if you file a bug and upload the ebuild/patch to the bug, Gentoo
users *can* benefit from it; there's nothing stopping users from
downloading the ebuild to their PORTDIR_OVERLAY and using it that way
(b.g.o. is where most of the ebuilds in my overlay come from, in fact).
Actually, afaik, that's the way the system is meant to work-- you upload
a prospective ebuild to b.g.o., and I and other users download it from
there to provide alpha testing services, and report back (comment on the
bug).

Doing so serves several purposes:

1) makes the ebuild available for those who need it;

2) potentially provides testing from a wide variety of environments

3) potentially stimulates gentoo-developer interest for an unknown
program (if a lot of activity occurs on the bug because a lot of people
are downloading/emerging/testing the ebuild, or even if only a few
people test, but are providing very detailed and useful reports,
somebody is more likely to see that there is interest in this
application and commit to maintaining it)

4) potentially provides you help and support in ebuild writing (since if
people have the opportunity to use/examine the ebuild, they can tell you
what's wrong with it, if something is overtly wrong).

So stop yelling :-) and file that bug.

Holly
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