Port commit questions regarding python versions and philosophy for splitting ports

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:19, Michelle Gill wrote:

> On Oct 29, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Bradley Giesbrecht wrote:
> 
>> You can always contribute new ports and patches using MacPorts Trac :)
>> 
>> http://trac.macports.org/newticket
> 
> I am aware of the trac system. Based on the MacPorts Guide, I thought that commit rights were required for new ports. Upon rereading the guide (per your reply), it seems as if I was mistaken--it does not seem as if commit rights are required for new ports.

And in particular, commit rights are not granted to new contributors; you must have an established record of contributions to the project before commit access can be considered.