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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: [gentoo-dev] Package up for grabs: sys-boot/gummiboot
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 08:17:11
Message-Id: 20160526091647.519d3805@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: [gentoo-dev] Package up for grabs: sys-boot/gummiboot by Sam Jorna
1 On Thu, 26 May 2016 10:48:48 +1000, Sam Jorna wrote:
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3 > I'll also mention the Proxy Maintainers project[0] here. Yes this is
4 > intended to facilitate people taking maintainership of a package, but my
5 > point is that there is a project dedicated to facilitating contributors
6 > without push access both in offering ebuilding support and committing
7 > package changes.
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9 I've recently become a proxy maintainer at Sam's instigation, and with a
10 lot of constructive help from him. It's not difficult even though it made
11 me think a lot harder about what the ebuild was doing. If anyone it
12 thinking about it, I'd recommend the experience.
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16 Neil Bothwick
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18 I don't have any solution, but I certainly admire the problem.