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James schreef: |
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> Holly Bostick <motub <at> planet.nl> writes: |
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>>> James schreef: |
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>>> Say 'Hello, to my little friend' |
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>>> |
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>>> arpscan |
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>>> http://ish.cx/~jason/arpscan/ |
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>>> Sure would be nice if is was ported to an ebuild...... |
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>> Some reason you can't submit one to b.g.o (if that hasn't been done |
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>> already)? |
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> Hello Holly, |
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> I'm not sure what 'b.g.o.' refers to, (sorry I don't get out much). |
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bugs.gentoo.org, the traditional first stop for new ebuilds wanting to |
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make their way into Portage. |
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> If your saying that why don't I make a formal request, well, I figure |
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> I've already requested too much (jffnms, updated zoneminder, netenv) |
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> None of which is completed (unmasked). I figure I've worn out my |
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> welcome at gentoo.*.... |
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???? |
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Where have you been doing this requesting? What do you mean by 'none of |
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which is completed (unmasked)'? |
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and where is gentoo.* (since ebuild requests are properly made at |
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bugs.gentoo.org)? |
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> I've been 'schooled' several times that I need to read up on creating |
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> ebuilds, and start contributing (actually I agree with this sort of |
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> public spanking...) |
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> Contributing ebuils is on my to_do list, but, I have yet to get a |
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> project completed. I'm a little 'gun_shy' as to receiving another |
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> disertation on my ineptness....... |
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That's what overlays are for; take a similar ebuild, copy it to your |
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overlay, modify it to your needs, try it out. |
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If it works, then submit a bug to b.g.o and attach the ebuild so that |
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others can try it out under different conditions, thus exposing any bugs. |
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A lot of the time an ebuild can be copied and adapted with only minor |
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changes that even I can do (and I can't code my way out of a paper bag, |
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but I've got a credit in a ChangeLog, of which I'm very proud ;) , since |
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I can't code my way out of a paper bag). |
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Nobody beats you up for 'trying' around here, although people will tell |
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you if you make stupid mistakes that you should have been able to avoid |
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by reading the docs, and everybody isn't the highest paragon of |
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politeness. But |
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usually people thank you for trying, and help you improve. Certainly if |
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you try, and then say, "OK, I got this far, but I'm over my head at this |
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point," people will leap to your assistance. |
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But nobody appreciates requests that increase their workload as if the |
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user has some inborn right to it ('gimme, gimme, gimme')-- though |
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sometimes, a request is interesting enough to somebody with some free |
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time on their hands that they do it anyway (usually if it's simple). |
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> So when I'm confident that I can contribute ebuilds, I'll let your |
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> and the 'greater gentoo' community know. |
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How are you supposed to be confident in your ability to do something if |
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you never do it because you're not confident in your ability to succeed? |
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> |
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Holly |
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