On Saturday, 10 December 2016 10:58:35 UTC, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> On Wednesday, 7 December 2016 09:47:58 UTC-4, mwall wrote:
>>
>> standard practice is to put a new driver in the user folder (not the 
>> weewx/drivers folder) so that you can update weewx without losing your 
>> modifications.  unless you're working on core weewx code, this approach 
>> tends to be easier than maintaining a separate fork or branch.
>>
>> you could make it easier to manage (for yourself) and share (for others) 
>> if you put the mqtt driver into its own repository (i.e., just the 
>> wxMesh.py file).  that way you don't have to duplicate the entire weewx 
>> codebase.
>>
>> even better, package the mqtt driver as a weewx extension so it can be 
>> easily applied to any weewx installation.  packaging should be pretty easy 
>> - see the fileparse driver as one example, and the customization guide for 
>> details:
>>
>> http://weewx.com/docs/customizing.htm#extensions
>>
>
>> if any of that is unclear or difficult to understand, please let us know 
>> so we can make it better!
>>
>> m 
>>
>
> Thank you Matthew. I thought it was a mistake to fork all of weewx on 
> github. I'll work on making it an extension instead.
>
> I need to understand git and github better. I come from the close shop 
> industrial world, where we've used everything from sccs to Mercurial.  
>
> To start with, should I delete that entire weewxMQTT repository, and start 
> over with only my new file(s)?
>

Hi Bill,

I have just found this thread, it seems to be exactly what I need to feed 
my esp8266 sensors into weewx via MQTT.

Please.....  Have you put your work on github again?, if so where? 

many thanks

regards

Patrick

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