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Do you search Bugzilla for ebuilds?
Yes
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 65%  [ 49 ]
No
34%
 34%  [ 26 ]
Total Votes : 75

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 1:14 pm    Post subject: Do you search Bugzilla for ebuilds? (ends in 6m) Reply with quote

This poll was inspired by this post by Dagger.
Dagger wrote:
... And tell me how many "average" users search overlays and bugzilla for new ebuilds? Only a few. ...

I guess I am trying to find out more about Bugzilla. :) Overlays should be covered here.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 2:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I search google, which often leads me to bugzilla.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ditto
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

since I found some ebuilds on bugzilla, i have made my own overlay "custom" that has all these that I needed (i have also made my own wine-1.1.2 which was ever so easy)

I would prefer having a "bugzilla-"overlay
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bastibasti wrote:
I would prefer having a "bugzilla-"overlay
Sunrise to some extent is the "bugzilla-"overlay, at least for new packages, but I copy straight from Bugzilla also. Feel free to comment here on what else you have in your overlay.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 8:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

just did.

it's not there

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I search bugzilla for *everything* thus also for new ebuilds ;-)
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bugzilla search sucks almost as much as FGO search. I voted no
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tabanus wrote:
Bugzilla search sucks almost as much as FGO search. I voted no


use google to search either

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I too voted no. Google works very well for searching sites such as fgo and bugzilla.... and as per the original context, it's nice to have things in portage even if they're not ready - just hardmask the ebuilds until they're tested and verified... I guarantee the test base will increase due to people like me who would rather add something to packages.unmask than to set up a local overlay. Granted, both are easy, but if it's in portage then I don't have to worry about downloading the newer versions manually.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 9:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

NotQuiteSane wrote:


use google to search either

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Sure but it would be more convenient if the native search worked.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gentoo's Bugzilla will be upgraded to version 3 at some point. I do not know if that will make a difference.

The purpose of the question was to find out whether you look for ebuilds in Bugzilla, not how, but nevertheless it is interesting that so many people find the build-in search inadequate.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I check bugzilla for ebuilds if there isn't an ebuild in portage for a package I want to install, or if I need a version bump that hasn't made its way into the tree.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Never heard of either of those wordss o i say no.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, but bugzilla is so hopelessly crap at search indexing that half the time, it doesn't even turn out what you're looking for.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jordanwb wrote:
Never heard of either of those wordss o i say no.
Some information about ebuilds and Bugzilla. Gentoo's Bugzilla is here. Reporting guide here.
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

regularly. Especially with drivers.

Bugzilla search sucks. And the 'zarro bugs found' message when I KNOW that there is at least one bug about a certain subject gives me homocidal thoughts. But before I write an ebuild and fail, I search there. Less time wasted.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

energyman76b wrote:
... But before I write an ebuild and fail, I search there. Less time wasted.
I do not want to get very off topic, but do you also check the contents of overlays for ebuilds before you start witting new ones? If so, which and/or now do you check?
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

node_one wrote:
energyman76b wrote:
... But before I write an ebuild and fail, I search there. Less time wasted.
I do not want to get very off topic, but do you also check the contents of overlays for ebuilds before you start witting new ones? If so, which and/or now do you check?
I don't... Personally, I don't like to run overlays, and only use the one I maintain on my local machine. I like having the extensibility of overlays, but hate the idea of a fragmented portage tree... Makes things more difficult on the end-user. You can see me complain similarly on other threads :wink:
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

node_one wrote:
do you also check the contents of overlays for ebuilds before you start witting new ones? If so, which and/or now do you check?

If I can't find a package with eix, then I look in http://gentoo.zapto.org/ which also includes overlays that are in layman. After that I search bugzilla, then google. Then I start writing an ebuild myself.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't care about overlays. I only use one of them - kdesvn-portage. And the local one with ebuilds from bugzilla or copy-renamed and slightly edited ones.
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