[51564] users/dweber

[Darren Weber]

On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Darren Weber <dweber at macports.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandesign at macports.org>wrote:
>
>>
>> On May 27, 2009, at 17:54, dweber at macports.org wrote:
>>
>>  Revision: 51564
>>>          http://trac.macports.org/changeset/51564
>>> Author:   dweber at macports.org
>>> Date:     2009-05-27 15:54:16 -0700 (Wed, 27 May 2009)
>>> Log Message:
>>> -----------
>>>
>>
>>
>>  Added: users/dweber/tmp/aqua/qt4-mac/Portfile
>>> ===================================================================
>>> --- users/dweber/tmp/aqua/qt4-mac/Portfile
>>>  (rev 0)
>>> +++ users/dweber/tmp/aqua/qt4-mac/Portfile      2009-05-27 22:54:16 UTC
>>> (rev 51564)
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,198 @@
>>> +# -*- coding: utf-8; mode: tcl; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode:
>>> nil; tab-width: 4; truncate-lines: t -*- vim:fenc=utf-8:et:sw=4:ts=4:sts=4
>>> +# $Id$
>>> +
>>> +PortSystem          1.0
>>> +
>>> +name                qt4-mac
>>> +version             4.4.3
>>>
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Making copies of ports in your user directory to play around with is
>> great, but it looks like you took very old versions of these ports. For
>> example, the qt4-mac is currently at version 4.5.1. Since you did not "svn
>> copy" from the original files, but instead committed files that are entirely
>> new, we can't tell what version of the official ports your versions are
>> based on, nor figure out what changes you've made. This will also make it
>> hard for you to contribute any changes back to the official portfiles.
>>
>>
>>
>
> All good points, thanks.  I was not aware of the user svn facility until a
> few days ago.  I've been working on various things for several months, in a
> local repository.  I didn't want to lose any of those files, so they were
> all added to my user svn yesterday.  Many of those local repo files, like
> the qt4-mac and postgresql ports, are certainly outdated.
>
> I've had a nagging thought in the back of my mind about merging changes
> into the macports-trunk, so I do need education on how to do that from my
> user svn.  Is this stuff covered in the developers section of the wiki?  I
> don't recall reading it before.  I was working on the basis of the local
> repository information at:
>
> I think it would help to have more information about this svn user facility
> and how to use it at:
> *https://trac.macports.org/wiki/CommittersTipsAndTricks
> *
>


I went ahead and started the additional notes, see the new section and add
more details as required:
https://trac.macports.org/wiki/CommittersTipsAndTricks

Seems like a good place to note this, but maybe it could be elsewhere or
linked from elsewhere too.

Take care,
Darren
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