Re: [gentoo-dev] www-apps/otrs: needs new maintainer
On 16.09.2015 09:15, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > Well, my ebuilds for www-apps/otrs are in here already: > > https://github.com/stefangweichinger/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/www-apps/otrs > > (the other packages in that overlay aren't that up to date ... simply > some work collected over the years) > > I only added beta4 yesterday. > >> And do consider signing up as a proxied maintainer for a package >> you're interested in. If you do establish a long-term relationship >> with a package it probably will make devs more willing to commit your >> changes without a lot of testing on their part. > > I may do that if something gets moving around this package, yes. > Where would I have to sign up? > > I am a proxied maintainer for app-backup/amanda already, as Robin mentioned. maybe I misunderstand something, maybe I need some more explicit instructions here. pls advise
Re: [gentoo-dev] www-apps/otrs: needs new maintainer
Am 2015-09-16 um 02:37 schrieb Rich Freeman: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Robin H. Johnsonwrote: >> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 02:13:34PM +0200, hasufell wrote: >>> On 09/15/2015 02:00 PM, Peter Stuge wrote: If you have interest in this package then you can do one or more of: * become a Gentoo developer (ha-ha) >>> hmm >> For background, SGW did work on becoming a developer once before, but he >> mainly found he was short on time to handle more than the packages that >> he had a business interest in. >> >> I used to proxy-commit changes from him to the Amanda package, but found >> myself short on time to test them as well in the long run. >> > > To be constructive, a github pull-request is probably the most > effective way to get a proxy maintainer to notice your work right now > and commit it for you. Bugs assigned to proxy-maintainers@ might also > work. Believe it or not people will actually use ebuilds you attach > whether or not they get into the tree. Another option is to publish > your own overlay, and that makes a good foundation for a pull-request > anyway and it is easy to use for those who do want to use the overlay > directly. Well, my ebuilds for www-apps/otrs are in here already: https://github.com/stefangweichinger/gentoo-overlay/tree/master/www-apps/otrs (the other packages in that overlay aren't that up to date ... simply some work collected over the years) I only added beta4 yesterday. > And do consider signing up as a proxied maintainer for a package > you're interested in. If you do establish a long-term relationship > with a package it probably will make devs more willing to commit your > changes without a lot of testing on their part. I may do that if something gets moving around this package, yes. Where would I have to sign up? I am a proxied maintainer for app-backup/amanda already, as Robin mentioned.
Re: [gentoo-dev] www-apps/otrs: needs new maintainer
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Robin H. Johnsonwrote: > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 02:13:34PM +0200, hasufell wrote: >> On 09/15/2015 02:00 PM, Peter Stuge wrote: >> > If you have interest in this package then you can do one or more of: >> > * become a Gentoo developer (ha-ha) >> hmm > For background, SGW did work on becoming a developer once before, but he > mainly found he was short on time to handle more than the packages that > he had a business interest in. > > I used to proxy-commit changes from him to the Amanda package, but found > myself short on time to test them as well in the long run. > To be constructive, a github pull-request is probably the most effective way to get a proxy maintainer to notice your work right now and commit it for you. Bugs assigned to proxy-maintainers@ might also work. Believe it or not people will actually use ebuilds you attach whether or not they get into the tree. Another option is to publish your own overlay, and that makes a good foundation for a pull-request anyway and it is easy to use for those who do want to use the overlay directly. And do consider signing up as a proxied maintainer for a package you're interested in. If you do establish a long-term relationship with a package it probably will make devs more willing to commit your changes without a lot of testing on their part. -- Rich
[gentoo-dev] www-apps/otrs: needs new maintainer
I contacted Robintoday asking for how to proceed here, he told me to post here. tl;dr -> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506052 shows that * the former dev has removed himself as maintainer * the package is rather outdated now in portage * there are some ebuilds already which could be considered to be added (at least as unstable, sure) pls advise, thanks, Stefan
Re: [gentoo-dev] www-apps/otrs: needs new maintainer
On 09/15/2015 02:00 PM, Peter Stuge wrote: > > If you have interest in this package then you can do one or more of: > > * become a Gentoo developer (ha-ha) hmm > * maintain the ebuild by proxy (find a Gentoo developer to proxy you) maybe, but not necessary for drive-by contributions > * upload random patches to bugzilla more bitrot please ;) > * git send-email to this mailing list likely just causes bikeshedding > * git push pull-requests to github > sounds like a good idea, until we maybe have our own review platform
Re: [gentoo-dev] www-apps/otrs: needs new maintainer
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 02:13:34PM +0200, hasufell wrote: > On 09/15/2015 02:00 PM, Peter Stuge wrote: > > If you have interest in this package then you can do one or more of: > > * become a Gentoo developer (ha-ha) > hmm For background, SGW did work on becoming a developer once before, but he mainly found he was short on time to handle more than the packages that he had a business interest in. I used to proxy-commit changes from him to the Amanda package, but found myself short on time to test them as well in the long run. -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead E-Mail : robb...@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85
Re: [gentoo-dev] www-apps/otrs: needs new maintainer
Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: > * the former dev has removed himself as maintainer > * the package is rather outdated now in portage > * there are some ebuilds already which could be considered to be added > (at least as unstable, sure) > > pls advise, If you have interest in this package then you can do one or more of: * become a Gentoo developer (ha-ha) * maintain the ebuild by proxy (find a Gentoo developer to proxy you) * upload random patches to bugzilla * git send-email to this mailing list * git push pull-requests to github I think some combination of 2, 3 and 4 seems to have best cost-to-benefit ratio. //Peter