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

[Blaisorblade <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>]

On Wednesday 18 January 2006 11:08, Daniel Drake wrote:
> 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.

Well, yep... ok..., will see. The problem is that I'm a busy student, so I 
don't know whether I'll find time (I already don't find time for non-routine 
work on UML). However, feel free to keep what you were doing - if and when 
I'll feel ready, I'll let you know.

> > 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.

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