Re: [webkit-dev] Idea for comments: Using Git to manage some WebKit platform ports

2008-04-11 Thread Ryan Leavengood
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM, David Kilzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In summary, I think it's great to use git for starting a new port, but in the > mid- to long-term, I think you'll be better off if there is a bi-directional > movement of code between the main svn repository and your p

Re: [webkit-dev] Idea for comments: Using Git to manage some WebKit platform ports

2008-04-11 Thread Daniel Zucker
Hi Ryan, Thanks for forwarding to the list. I meant to send it there originally, but it accidentally got sent only to you. One additionally point is that by hosting ports with the main webkit trunk then all ports are treated equally by WebKit policy concerning review, committers, etc. For indiv

Re: [webkit-dev] Idea for comments: Using Git to manage some WebKit platform ports

2008-04-11 Thread David Kilzer
Hi Ryan, I think this is a great way to manage a nascent port, and I'm glad your committed to passing platform-agnostic fixes back to the main repository! One thing I'd like to see is the WebKit wiki updated to list your port (on its own page), along with basic information about how to access you

Re: [webkit-dev] Idea for comments: Using Git to manage some WebKit platform ports

2008-04-11 Thread Ryan Leavengood
Daniel only responded to me personally (the strange way this list works I guess), so hopefully he won't mind a public response: On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Daniel Zucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps one possible negative to this is that there would now be definite > resource requirem

Re: [webkit-dev] Idea for comments: Using Git to manage some WebKit platform ports

2008-04-11 Thread Ryan Leavengood
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 11:55 AM, iain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is exactly what I've been doing for my Clutter port. I cloned the > official Webkit repo locally, and created an empty git repo on a remote > server that I push my changes to. Periodically I pull from the official > repo

Re: [webkit-dev] Idea for comments: Using Git to manage some WebKit platform ports

2008-04-11 Thread iain
On Fri, 2008-04-11 at 11:33 -0400, Ryan Leavengood wrote: > I could > manage my Haiku WebKit port using Git without ever having my code in > the "real" WebKit SVN repo. The basic idea would be I would clone the > current WebKit Git repo, create a branch for my Haiku port, and then > publish that b

[webkit-dev] Idea for comments: Using Git to manage some WebKit platform ports

2008-04-11 Thread Ryan Leavengood
Hello all, I have recently begun to use Git in earnest and after reading various things and starting to understand how it works I had an idea: I could manage my Haiku WebKit port using Git without ever having my code in the "real" WebKit SVN repo. The basic idea would be I would clone the current