2014-09-14 15:30 GMT-06:00 Henrique Lengler <[email protected]>: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:15:29PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> In that case, it should be included with the ebuild, you need to file a >> request to add the patch on bugs.gentoo.org. > > Thanks everyone. I did it. > I would suggest looking at the changelog if there's an active maintainer first, if there is, it's likely they keep an eye on the repos and bugfixes for the software they package, and if the bugfix is critical, they make a patch, but you can't expect them to be every hour checking on the repos, In the recomendations it says that if you see a new version of a package, you should at least wait 48 hours, before asking on the bugtracker for a bump, the '0 day bump request' are not apreciated by the developers, I would say this also aplies to critical bugfixes, and the patch you want was committed just a few hours ago.
If it really is that much important for you, try to apply the patch to the latest version in the tree modifying the ebuild, put it in your local portage or a personal overlay, test it and then wait at least a day, and post the ebuild on the bug-tracker and request a new revision including the patch to be made by the ebuild maintainer.
