R0b0t1 posted on Tue, 22 Aug 2017 21:46:09 -0500 as excerpted: > On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 3:50 PM, <aide...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> >> Some time ago I've made an effort to split ejabberd into proper >> dependencies handled by portage rather than repackaging bundle produced >> by rebar. While I've found that easier to maintain, my lack of >> knowledge about Erlang makes maintenanace quite difficult. I'd >> appreciate if someone who actually has some experience in Erlang helps >> maintaining it. > > I would like to see Erlang receive continued maintenance and may be > able to help (note I am not as experienced as some). However this > would be my first time working with portage at such a level. > > I apologize if my post is too forward for this list.
Wonderful, and not too forward at all. =:^) The gentoo mechanism by which non-gentoo devs maintain or co-maintain packages is called proxy maintenance: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Proxy_Maintainers For packages such as this one that you'd be co-maintaining along-side the existing maintainer, you obviously work with them and have already initiated contact there. You also need to contact the proxy-maintainer project to initiate that angle. There's further details and additional resources on the linked page, above. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
