On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 09:27:13AM -0800, Gary Gendel wrote: > 1) How do we find out what is and isn't being worked on? For example, I > needed the gnu make package to get started (dmake seems to have some > issues that I don't understand). I couldn't figure out which package it > may or may not already be part of. Now that I've built it, it would be > nice If I could make it a package for others to use (unless someone else > is doing that already). > > 2) If I have a package that I want to contribute, what is the sign off > procedure in order to have my contribution included officially?
It appears I can't read. I thought you were interested in contributing code to IPS, not packages to the package repo. In which case, most of my previous response was completely bogus. > In thinking of (2), I think we may want a two tiered system... We can > submit to a "unstable, beta, etc." repository and then once it's been > properly reviewed for (QA and that it follows IPS standards) it is moved > to the official repository. Yes, that probably is a good idea. > I'm very excited at finally being able to contribute in an area that will > give a lot of bang for the limit time I have to do so. Again, welcome aboard, but I'll note that we're really not very well set up for package contributions at the moment. Simply not everything is in place to make publishing packages particularly easy, and while we're working hard to get it in place, it's going to be some time yet. Still, if you're dedicated, we'll be perfectly happy to help you out with answers to specific questions, but it's going to be a bumpy ride for now. Danek
