On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 9:33 PM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > 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. >
Hello, I am waiting to forward this comment chain to proxy-ma...@gentoo.org pending a reply from aidecoe, or waiting for him to do the same at his leisure. It is possible someone else may reply that is a better fit. I am not very smart, sir, and I do not want to disappoint the Gentoo project. The developer's manual was easy enough to find (https://devmanual.gentoo.org/). Are there subsections of that manual or related documents you (or aidecoe) would suggest I read in their entirety before starting? I am vaguely aware of standards documents and style guidelines that are important for code committed to the main portage tree. Respectfully, R0b0t1
