[Nix-dev] [PATCH] Trivial update to pyqt (python-qt) and python-sip nixpkgs

[Marc Weber]

> Please tell me if you have a preference for lots of little patches over
> time or bigger drops all at once - also I wouldn't object to svn access,
Eelco Dolstra (niksnut on irc) is the one to ask.

About patches:
Everything is fine. If you paste small pieces at once chances are big
that ways to improve your patches are spotted earlier..
In any case you should not try to work half a year on big breaking
changes and ask for a merge :-) Comitting small pieces each time is much
better so that everyone can follow more easily.
But I don't expect you to do this right now anyway.

If you want to provide much more patches in the future I'd like to
introduce you to git and topgit. You can keep patches up to date while
testing them and before comitting them more easily. Git can commit to
svn itself.

So my personal preference is:
Start a topgit branch for each topic. Push that to a public place (you
can use mine public repo) and ask for review.
You can then export the final patch easily (tg export). You can merge in
upstream changes easily (tg update). And you can share your patch for
review easily (tg push). Anyway it does take some time to get
comfortable with git.. I didn't regret learning about it. Maybe you
don't as well.

You can install both by 
nix-env -iA git gitAndTools.topGit
If you want to go this way and you have any trouble contact me on
irc.freenode.net, #nixos channel.

Marc Weber