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@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +The purpose of this project is to reduce the workload of Gentoo ebuild +maintainers by automating repetitive tasks which do not require constant +supervision. You see, most work done by ebuild maintainers is repetitive and +only requires the outcome to be inspected. Such as + +- Testing the effect of any change in the portage tree which affects several + packages. Ex: + * Testing the reverse dependencies of a library for a major upgrade (such as + xulrunner-1.9) + * Testing the effects of a large eclass change +- Arch testing stabilisation/keywording lists (one of the best targets for + automation) + +etc. + +TODO: Elongate this with further examples and use cases |