On Thu, 26 May 2016 09:32:26 +0100, Peter Humphrey wrote:

> > These days it's a lot easier to get practice because you don't have to
> > deal with CVS. If you clone our git repo as your $PORTDIR, then you
> > can make your changes and `repoman commit` just like the rest of us.
> > If you're okay with Github, you can create pull requests there from
> > that same clone.  
> 
> Aye, there's the rub. Git is a closed book to me at the moment. Having
> to learn how to use it would at least triple my time to get up to
> speed. Time, I have plenty of (DV, as they say in religious circles),
> but my brain doesn't go nearly as well as it did 40 years ago.

You don't have to use git, I uploaded my ebuild changes to b.g.o - it
needs a dev to commit them anyway.

> > You should probably read through the entire devmanual once, but
> > there's no substitute for practice and asking questions.  
> 
> Sounds like good advice - I'll go and find it now.

devmanual.gentoo.org - you also need to read man 5 ebuild.


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Neil Bothwick

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