On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 22:53 -0700, Darren Kirby wrote: > Quoth the Alexander Skwar > > ยท maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>digg2ogg > > > > > > should be dir2ogg > > > > 0.8 is the latest stable version. Why do you think, that a different > > version should be offered, when you "emerge dir2ogg"? > > Well, I'm the upstream author, and _I_ think there should be different (ie: > newer) version offered. Good enough?
Can't argue with that *lol* can I call you UPSTREAM? ;) This is what I do in cases like this (not aimed at UPSTREAM, but for anyone's reference :) 1. look in /usr/portage to see if newer ebuild exists. - if it does, find out whether it's in ~x86, or hard masked, and decide if I want to explicitly unmask it (usually I do). 2. if no ebuild exists, check bugs.gentoo.org and see if anyone has requested it / submitted an ebuild that I can put in my overlay. 3. if not, I look at the app's homepage and see if I really want / need the latest features, and if so I submit a version bump request on bugs.gentoo.org, providing as much help in the testing process as I can. 4. if it's a very popular app, like gnome, then I look for unofficial ebuilds and put them in my overlay. If you try any of these options (unmask, overlay, or unofficial ebuild), then be prepared for issues / bugs. But that's what the game is all about :) HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au> In order to discover who you are, first learn who everybody else is; you're what's left. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
