Hi, I am Chinmaya, a third-year Computer Science student at BMSIT, Bangalore. I am new to MacPorts. I can code in C and Python and am going through the Tcl tutorial on the GSOC wiki. I have installed MacPorts and am reading the documentation provided.
I'm interested in implementing the task "Improve fetching from version control" and I have read through the trac ticket <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/16373> provided with it. However, I dont understand how to implement it. Where are the distfiles and work dir located? Do I need to edit the Portfile of every application individually to check for the latest working copy? Also, do I need to know cvs/svn/hg/bzr ? I know git and nothing about the rest. Thanks, Chinmaya IRC : chinmayasb
