Getting no response from developers?

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_Max_ · Post by **_Max_** » Fri May 06, 2005 12:56 pm

Hi,

I have been submitting slightly modified ebuilds for current versions of quantlib. The version in portage (quantlib-0.3.0) is now over 3 years old.

I first put the new ebuilds into bugzilla in January, and still haven't received a response from a developer. The changes that I made to the ebuild are not very big (an added dependency, a new file name).

What do I need to do to get a response - any kind of response?

Thanks,

Max

Bugzilla Link

Gherald · Post by **Gherald** » Fri May 06, 2005 1:02 pm

I guess not many gentoo devs are interested in finances.

Damn commies!

curtis119 · Post by **curtis119** » Fri May 06, 2005 1:16 pm

One of the best ways to get the attention of a dev is to get people to try your ebuild and report success/failure in the bug report. Get as many arches as possible. You can also find out which dev is responsible for that category and email him/her. Try looking here for a dev that fits the category of your app.

_Max_ · Post by **_Max_** » Fri May 06, 2005 4:01 pm

Yes... gawddamn doobie smoking hippie commie bastards... err, I mean, very nice people.

Thanks, curtis119, I will see whether I can muster a sufficient number of capitalist pigs to test the ebuild and report back in the bugzilla. And that list also looks very useful.

curtis119 · Post by **curtis119** » Fri May 06, 2005 6:26 pm

Good Luck with that.

ps moved from Portage & Programming since this is more about gentoo in general it goes better in Gentoo Chat.

cokey · Post by **cokey** » Sun May 08, 2005 4:59 pm

you could always contact them in #gentoo or #gentoo-dev

Vanquirius · Post by **Vanquirius** » Sun May 08, 2005 6:26 pm

Well, now you got my attention at least.
I'll see what I can do.

cokey · Post by **cokey** » Sun May 08, 2005 6:43 pm

Vanquirius wrote:Well, now you got my attention at least.
I'll see what I can do.

no, he wanted help, not someone making it worse...

Vanquirius · Post by **Vanquirius** » Sun May 08, 2005 9:12 pm

I bumped dev-libs/quantlib to 0.3.9. Additional follow-ups in the bug or new bug assigned to me, it will be taken care of.

ciaranm · Post by **ciaranm** » Mon May 09, 2005 1:32 am

Vanquirius wrote:I bumped dev-libs/quantlib to 0.3.9. Additional follow-ups in the bug or new bug assigned to me, it will be taken care of.

Couldn't find a herd for it?

Vanquirius · Post by **Vanquirius** » Tue May 10, 2005 8:32 pm

ciaranm wrote:
Vanquirius wrote:I bumped dev-libs/quantlib to 0.3.9. Additional follow-ups in the bug or new bug assigned to me, it will be taken care of.
Couldn't find a herd for it?

I was unsure of where it fits in since most of us are commies, but if you have any good ideas please go ahead and add it to metadata.