On May 18, 2010, at 11:14, Francis Devereux wrote:

> I use a local repository for version bump portfiles, and I do contribute the 
> changes by by raising tickets with patches attached.  How could I develop the 
> new versions if I didn't use a local repository?  If I just edit the 
> portfiles in the main repository then my changes would get blown away by 
> "port selfupdate" wouldn't they?

True, if your main port repository is synchronized by the default rsync method. 
I change that to use Subversion, so my changes are preserved.

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