On Tuesday 06 January 2004 09:13 am, Allen Parker wrote: > I think I should definitely re-state my *ideal* system for ebuild > submission, since it wasn't understood. Bugzilla is great, I agree, but > it's for *bugs* and as was said earlier, if a dev isn't interested in an > ebuild, it's not going into the tree. Here's the process that I suggest,
Your idea of having a separate system for ebuild submission is a fine one and it has its merits. The only drawback is "who is going to do it?". There's a bit of a process required here - it needs to be thought out, drawn up, talked about, thought about some more, then implemented. That's an impetus that most people don't want to deal with. If you're willing to do all of those things, and it presents a great solution to the problem, I see no reason why it wouldn't get used. It's just important to remember that developer or not, we're all volunteers and we're all human. This isn't directed at you, but from my experience as a developer the comments I hear the most often are: "Gentoo needs xxxx" or "xxxx doesn't work so someone needs to fix it". After a while, you tend to dole back a canned "put your money where you mouth is" response. In summary, if you have a good idea for this, GLEP it. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep. Then be prepared for what comes next. :) Caleb -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
