> > > You might want to take note of the email address for Rich. He is a > developer and has a better understanding of the inner workings of Gentoo. > When he posts about how things work within Gentoo, he does it with > knowledge that most users don't have. > > The thing about Gentoo is this. There's not enough manpower to do > everything that every user wants. If a user wants something that the > current devs can't deliver, then that user has few options. If that user > is capable of creating a patch to fix a bug, then they can do so and apply > that patch locally. If that user can help with the ebuild and post > patches/fixes to BGO, git or whatever then they can do that. However, it > still falls to the active dev as to whether he/she applies it or not. It > could be that the patch fixes one problem but creates another based on USE > flags etc. The devs do tend to test fixes before putting them in the tree > even if the test may be limited in scope. The other option is to wait for > someone else to fix it, the bug to be fixed by the dev etc. I fall into > the last category because I don't code. Even my scripts don't deserve to > be called that but I don't think there is a name for my little script > thingys. > > Ignore Rich if you want but you would be the one missing out on inside > info. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
Thank you Dale. I'm well aware of who Rich is. That's why I was discussing the subject with him in the first place.
