On 2009-02-09 13:10:06 +0100, Rainer Müller wrote: > Ryan Schmidt wrote: > > It might be nice if a port could recommend the user install another > > port in addition, via some new keyword. For example, graphviz could > > recommend the user install graphviz-gui as well. postgresql83 could > > recommend the user install postgresql83-server. port could output > > these recommendations at the end of the installation. ("You may wish > > to install graphviz-gui as well.") The advantage over just printing a > > message at post-install time would be that port or a MacPorts GUI > > could offer the user the choice to install those recommended ports > > too ("Would you like to install graphviz-gui now?") and could know to > > omit the suggestion if the suggested port is already installed. > > This could become a useful future addition, as currently all port > commands are non-interactive.
There could also be a config option to install recommendations by default (like in Debian, which does in fact the opposite: an option not to install the recommendations). -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-dev