On Mon, 2005-07-18 at 04:26 +0000, Casey Allen Shobe wrote: > What do I need to do to get started on this? Do I simply mail a > patch to this list, or ask somebody for a CVS account and commit > changes directly?
Well, becoming a developer requires some time. If you're simply looking to submit this one ebuild, then file a bug on bugs.gentoo.org and attach the ebuild to it. > I'm also a bit confused about the portdir_overlay thing - If there > exists a -r15, do I then add a -r16 to make emerge realize an > update is available. What happens then when an -r16 hits the > regular portage tree? Nothing would happen. Since you would already have -r16 installed, portage would just skip it. Once -r17 hit the tree, it would be upgraded to the in-tree version. -- Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager Games - Developer Gentoo Linux
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