[gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage

2005-10-06 Thread John Lange
I frequently need things installed from portage but the most recent version is not available. (digikam is a recent example). I'd be happy to grab the most recent stable source and make it work in Gentoo Portage and contribute it... Is there a How-To for this? My apologies, I know this must be

Re: [gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage

2005-10-06 Thread brettholcomb
Check out the doc pages on Gentoo about creating ebuilds. You can use existing ones as models. From: John Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/06 Thu AM 11:15:32 EDT To: Gentoo User gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage I frequently need things

Re: [gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage

2005-10-06 Thread John Lange
ebuilds. You can use existing ones as models. From: John Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/06 Thu AM 11:15:32 EDT To: Gentoo User gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage I frequently need things installed from portage but the most recent

Re: [gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage

2005-10-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:15:32 -0500, John Lange wrote: I frequently need things installed from portage but the most recent version is not available. (digikam is a recent example). The latest Digikam, 0.8.0_beta2. is already in portage, you just need to unmask it. -- Neil Bothwick I have a

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage

2005-10-06 Thread brettholcomb
pages on Gentoo about creating ebuilds. You can use existing ones as models. From: John Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/06 Thu AM 11:15:32 EDT To: Gentoo User gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage I frequently need things

Re: Re: [gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage

2005-10-06 Thread Steven Mertens
PROTECTED] Date: 2005/10/06 Thu PM 01:11:21 EDT To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Contributing to Portage The Gentoo documentation on ebuilds is after-the-fact. Contributing Ebuilds: This guide explains how to submit ebuild packages through the Bugzilla tracking system. I