[uml-devel] Re: -bs patchset still useful for users?

[Daniel Drake <dsd@gentoo.org>]

Blaisorblade wrote:
> Given I do use Gentoo, and I understand ebuilds, is that problem solvable 
> (i.e. by me becoming maintainer?)

Yes, and it would be great to see this happen!

> Don't know well what this implies (I looked at "How to become a Gentoo 
> developer" docs and it seemed require much more than what I do for -bs), but 
> could still be pursued.

The procedure may seem a bit much given that you will only be 
maintaining one package (at least initially), but you actually are given 
commit access to the whole tree (like all other developers). You need to 
read over the policies and show that you understand them.

You'll have to answer these questions:

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/quiz/ebuild-quiz.txt

All of the needed information can be found here:

http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml

If you need any help or have any questions then you are free to ask me. 
There is also a 2nd quiz later, with questions similar to the first.

As well as that, it usually takes 28 days to complete the process, so if 
you are happy with all of this, let me know and I'll get the ball 
rolling right away.

> There is an useful feature in -bs which isn't included in mainline (because 
> Jeff Dike legitimaly thinks it's not something which should be in kernel), 
> and which could be added to gentoo-sources, I hope.

gentoo-sources requires patches to be merged or at least headed upstream 
into Linus' tree, with very few exceptions. In general we wouldn't 
include this sort of patch.

However, if you are willing to become a developer and look after 
usermode-sources then this won't be an issue.

Thanks!
Daniel


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