Mac Science Collaboration group

[William Siegrist]

On May 18, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Rainer Müller wrote:

> On 2009-05-14 18:30, James Kyle wrote:
>>> I would really appreciate such efforts. For example, we already have
>>> groups of developers working on KDE or Ruby related ports.
>>> Developers in
>>> these groups would just need to figure out a good way of  
>>> coordinating
>>> their work using branches, tickets and wiki pages.
>>
>> What would be the next step towards making this a reality for  
>> macports?
>
> One step was to approve your request for commit access, for which you
> should have gotten a separate mail. :-)
>
> I think it is important to find a way of working which would work best
> for the involved developers. For example, you could open your own  
> branch
> of the ports tree where updates to science ports are being prepared  
> and
> tested and later merged back into the main ports tree.
>
> Your next steps really depend how you want to work, or rather you have
> to find a workflow which works for you and other contributors. I would
> recommend to start with a wiki page and document your goals and how  
> you
> want to achieve them. Gather other developers to join your efforts and
> then discuss with them.
>
> So, everyone interested into science related software being  
> available as
> ports should get in contact with James now!
>


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-Bill