[gentoo-dev] Mentor

[Aaron Bauman]

Hi, all,

Recently, I retired due to lack of time for Gentoo [1]

I am able to dedicate more time now and the foreseeable future.

Anyone interested in mentoring me? :)

[1]: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463162

Re: [gentoo-dev] Mentor request

[Paweł Hajdan , Jr .]

On 19/10/2016 07:14, Kevin Simmons wrote:
> In general, I could use a mentor I can ask questions of and get answers
> from. I have been a tinkerer/user only of Gentoo in the past and am now
> wanting to be more involved.

Sounds great! :)

Not sure if I'd call myself a mentor, but feel free to send questions my
way.

> For instance, there is a bug to have
> gramps-4.2.4 stable (it is ~amd64 ~x86 now).

That's , right?

The usual procedure is to CC arches on the bug - amd64@ and x86@ in that
case.

> To stabilize this package for amd64 and x86 it would also need to be
> verified on x86. I suppose I could do that myself by creating an x86
> virtual guest and testing or I should ask for assistance via a bug to
> x86@.

x86@ would probably be slow to respond, and it's really a dying arch.

A more lightweight solution in case you need it would be a chroot.

> Also, when I run 'repoman full' from the proposed ebuild directory I get
> QA issues for  RDEPEND for dev-python/pyicu, which is also ~amd64. This
> dependent package (and its dependencies) would need to be stable as
> well.

Ah, yes - I suggest opening stabilization bugs for these packages, and
marking them us blocking gramps stabilization bug.

> When it comes time to commit (repoman commit), do I need any user access
> set up before I commit?

repoman commit will create a local commit in your local git checkout.

Only developers can push directly to Gentoo git. Otherwise you can maybe
create a PR on github or just send a git-formatted patch for someone to
proxy commit.

Paweł




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[gentoo-dev] Mentor request

[Kevin Simmons]

Hello gentoo-dev,

In general, I could use a mentor I can ask questions of and get answers
from. I have been a tinkerer/user only of Gentoo in the past and am now
wanting to be more involved.

I have been using the Developer Guide for assistance.

But specifically for now...
I requested to fill the maintainer role needed for the app-misc/gramps
package as I use the software for my own needs and am fairly familiar
with it. I am now the maintainer of that package. I find I can use some
guidance in getting started. For instance, there is a bug to have
gramps-4.2.4 stable (it is ~amd64 ~x86 now).

I have been running gramps-4.2.4 OK on amd64, testing various components
and reports OK

To stabilize this package for amd64 and x86 it would also need to be
verified on x86. I suppose I could do that myself by creating an x86
virtual guest and testing or I should ask for assistance via a bug to
x86@.

Also, when I run 'repoman full' from the proposed ebuild directory I get
QA issues for  RDEPEND for dev-python/pyicu, which is also ~amd64. This
dependent package (and its dependencies) would need to be stable as
well.

When it comes time to commit (repoman commit), do I need any user access
set up before I commit?

Regards,
Kevin