Last week I needed to dump a remote svn repository without local access. After searching for the best way to do it I finally chose rsvndump (because it allows dumping a subdirectory of the repository).
As usual, I created an ebuild in order to install it, and posted it in a bug. As some of my bugs are pretty much ignored for a long period, I took the advice to post it to the sunrise overlay.
A week later, after multiple reviews and touch ups (those guys are strict!) the ebuild is now available in the sunrise overlay.
This took a little more effort than just posting the bug, but the ebuild is now of much higher quality (and I learned quite a bit more about ebuilds). It should be easier for the devs to include it in portage this way.
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