On 9/13/23, Eli Schwartz <eschwart...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 9/13/23 12:35 AM, Alexe Stefan wrote: >> On 9/13/23, Matt Turner <matts...@gentoo.org> wrote: >>> On Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 5:45 PM Alexe Stefan <stefanalex...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Is it such a burden to make a couple of commits once in a while? >>> >>> I see no commits from your email address in gentoo.git, so that might >>> be a question for you. >>> >> >> I and plenty of others have their overlays. Should I try to get my >> ebuilds into ::gentoo? > > > That seems to be rather missing the point. Why are you going out of your > way to make a distinction between: > > - contributing ebuilds that would otherwise not be present in ::gentoo > at all > > - helping fix issues in existing ebuilds that are part of ::gentoo and > need to be kept in good working order > > Both are valid ways to demonstrate a commitment to collaboratively > improving the Gentoo project. The one you *didn't* mention is easier to > do, though, so I'd probably suggest trying that first. >
I do open bugs and threads about various issues regarding packages, and propose solutions. Sometimes their gentoo maintainers agree, sometimes they don't. What else should I do? I don't have commit access. > >>>> How many commits were made in the last year to accommodate eudev? >>> >>> I'm not your monkey. >>> >>>> Regarding the bugs, what else did you expect when no news item was >>>> given? >>> >>> Right, we should have done something *else* to keep eudev going. >>> >>> Welcome to my killfile. >>> >>> >> >> Something I said in this thread struck a chord? > > > I think it's a very fair assessment to make that this thread is quite > hostile to the Gentoo Developers as a whole, and hostile behavior > towards the Gentoo Developers does indeed strike a chord. > > I am not completely sure why you find it important or desirable to > highlight the fact that you elicit strong negative emotions in others, > mind you. But I'm sure you have very good reasons for it. > > > -- > Eli Schwartz > > > I don't think I said anything about you? I do not like to see choice being taken away for no good reason, especially in regards to such a contested topic.
