From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D9E4138272 for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 09:16:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B5A714252; Thu, 26 May 2016 09:15:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost03d.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost03d.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.23]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 599EE21C039 for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 09:15:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.83.178] (helo=mail.digimed.co.uk) by smarthost03d.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1b5rOX-00038C-LD for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 26 May 2016 09:15:57 +0000 Received: from digimed.co.uk (fenchurch.digimed.co.uk [192.168.1.6]) by mail.digimed.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7EBB74594BF for ; Thu, 26 May 2016 10:15:56 +0100 (BST) Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 10:15:51 +0100 From: Neil Bothwick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fwd: [gentoo-dev] Package up for grabs: sys-boot/gummiboot Message-ID: <20160526101551.59b07d8a@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <27118392.jMLH3yKMmu@peak> References: <20160518134555.74bd3476.mgorny@gentoo.org> <3104079.IeJC12BQgj@peak> <574624FA.1010306@gentoo.org> <27118392.jMLH3yKMmu@peak> Organization: Digital Media Production X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2-142-g54ce0e (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-GPG-Fingerprint: 7260 0F33 97EC 2F1E 7667 FE37 BA6E 1A97 4375 1903 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="Sig_/a8Q42wgjc1eVLMHJcTKEWEc"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Originating-smarthost03d-IP: [82.69.83.178] X-Archives-Salt: 80fcf2f1-fd7a-4ce8-a107-61a6396bb59b X-Archives-Hash: 21bd256a5216d63789cd219f73be1a13 --Sig_/a8Q42wgjc1eVLMHJcTKEWEc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. =20 >=20 > 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. =20 >=20 > Sounds like good advice - I'll go and find it now. devmanual.gentoo.org - you also need to read man 5 ebuild. --=20 Neil Bothwick WinErr 01F: Reserved for future mistakes of our developers. --Sig_/a8Q42wgjc1eVLMHJcTKEWEc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAldGvscACgkQum4al0N1GQNMkACgokavmCp6CK602AB44ZLKkmvH VtcAn33Hz5wDYB7r6JLa1sy2AcYkhU93 =WgIq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/a8Q42wgjc1eVLMHJcTKEWEc--