Submitting ebuilds

This guide Article description::explains how to submit ebuilds through the Bugzilla bug tracking web application.

Create a Bugzilla account
Point your web browser to https://bugs.gentoo.org/. This is the URL for the Bugzilla bug tracking database. In the list of links, one of the items reads "Open a new Bugzilla account". If you have not done so already (e.g. for submitting a bug), click on this link and create a new account.

Do not submit CPAN ebuilds
The package provides a tool called  which installs a given CPAN module on your Gentoo system using Portage, storing the necessary information (such as dependencies, provided files, etc.) in the Portage database, just like it would when you install an ebuild. It is therefore not needed (nor recommended) to submit CPAN ebuilds.

For more information on, please consult its man page:

Create a new bug
At the bottom of the main page or login page, there is a yellow box. Choose the link. Or, you can just go to the URL https://bugs.gentoo.org/enter_bug.cgi. Either will bring you to the  page.

Bugzilla can track multiple products. For example, in Gentoo, other products may include documentation or tools used to administrate the website. From the list of products, Ebuilds should always be submitted to.

Clicking on the product should bring up a new bug entry form.

Completing the bug form
The first field on the form is. If you know which version the package belongs in, set it here. Otherwise, select. Next, set the component. All ebuild scripts are of the component type  or.

The categories,  , and   do not need to be set for ebuilds.

The  field should be set to.

Leave the  field blank. If you haven't changed Bugzilla's mail settings, you, as a reporter, will automatically receive email on bug updates.

Fill in the  field with a brief note of what package you are submitting and whether it's an update or a new submission. Something like the following is great:  or.

The  field should be filled in as completely as possible. Here's an example from bug #7:

Hi!

Please find attached gramps-4.2.0.ebuild and a patch so that it will compile against python-3.2

Gramps is the Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming System. It is a very cool gnome/python app. If you are in the US, you can head over to http://www.familysearch.com/ and you can probably find a GEDCOM file for your family tree to import into Gramps. (Mormons sure do like genealogy)

I suggest app-misc/gramps Also, this ebuild depend on Imaging and Graphviz previously submitted

tod

Once the summary is complete, click.

Attaching the ebuild script
After clicking  on the  page, you will go to the   page. Take note of the bug number.

Toward the bottom of this page, there is a link to. Click on this link.

Select the file using the text entry box or the  dialog. In the  field, type the name of the ebuild file, much the same as you did in the   section of the last page.

Make sure that the content type is set to, and that the radio button for   is marked.

There are no other required fields on this form. Click  and you are done!

Dependencies
In cases where you might submit multiple ebuilds, and some of them depend on others, it is very helpful if these dependencies are noted. Viewing the bug again should allow you to enter another note. Please add dependency information here.

GitHub
Ebuilds can also be submitted through Pull Requests on the Gentoo Mirror on GitHub. From there they can be picked up by Proxy Maintainers and merged by Gentoo developers into the main repository. The review for new packages can take a while because of the need to test the ebuid and go through upstream files and issues.

GURU Overlay
GURU is an official Gentoo overlay that is maintained by Gentoo users. Ebuilds submitted here have a less stringent review process.