James wrote: > Curiously the last part '<maintainer-needed <at> gentoo.org>' > does not show up in my mozilla.....?
You have to log in first. > Is this an actual huminoid/cyborg, or a solicitation for somebody > to maintain the package? Hah. It has to be a person :) > OK, I see his name at the bottom, but, if he's to be the 'substantiator' > of the jffnms ebuild, wouldn't he have fulfilled the > maintainer-needed email address?Or do developers do these things > in silence, clandestinely and then become the maintainer when the > package is stable? Or ebuild the package and then hand it off > to a poezrrr such as myself? I'm just not sure what the semantics are here. Could mean anything. He might have written an ebuild before trying the software, then decided the software wasn't worth it, or the ebuild writing was too hard, who knows. But you got a developer posting an ebuild on your new-ebuild bug - thats a lot more attention than a lot of these ebuild bugs get. I'd suggest you try the ebuild, and email him thanking him for writing it, letting him know that it works, and possibly offering your knowledge of the application to help develop the ebuild further. Motivate the developer to work on it and it will make progress :) (again, you'll need to log in to see email addresses) > Also, being over 45 puts me at a disadvantage with the lingo and > thought processes employed by those youthful minds...... > Anyway it's been a month since his comments. Maybe he's bored with jffnms, > or it's too difficult to create an ebuild, and he has given up and the > package is orphaned? How would I know, just sit around with a digit > up where no sun shines? You can ask him, either on the bug or by email. > > Surely it does not take a capable person a month to install Jffnms. > 1/3 of my attempts (on Debian) actuallywork, until I screwed something > up. It's not an easy package to install or configure. But, when it > is setup correctly, it a fantastic Network Management Package..... > My strengths are more hardware and device driver type of stuff. > I'm definately not the web/application specialist it takes to conquer > a package such as jffnms. But, if the package has been orphaned, which > I'm still trying to ascertain, then I have no choice but to noodle > at the jffnms ebuild, do I? Whether I poez as the maintainer is > a horse of another color, methinks..... Other interested developers may come along, find the bug, and put it into portage. Unfortunately this isn't very likely as maintaining an ebuild is a big commitment and a lot of work, and many us already have a big enough collection under our belts... >>No, we lack decent bugzilla documentation but hopefully this will be resolved >>soon... > > > Now your teasing me? > Can we peep at the unfinished work, if wezz promise to withhold > questions and comments? I don't think anyones started it yet. :( It's something I've been meaning to do for a long time but have not got round to it. Daniel -- [email protected] mailing list
