On Mar 6, 2013, at 2:38 AM, Joshua Root <j...@macports.org> wrote:

> On 2013-3-6 01:27 , Nicolas Pavillon wrote:
>> Adding a mention of the +docs variant in the Wiki would anyway be an 
>> excellent idea. 
>> It is missed by many users, as it is defined in the portgroup, and thus does 
>> not appear
>> when running "port info portname" or "port variant portname".
> 
> I don't disagree with the idea to add a mention to the wiki, but a
> variant being defined in an included portgroup or elsewhere in the
> portfile should have no bearing on whether it shows up in 'port info' or
> 'port variants'.

You are right, I wrote too fast without checking back. 
I got this wrong impression because several users asked about this variants, 
but I guess it
was people getting confused because the variant is not mentioned in the 
Portfile. Sorry for the mistake. 

Cheers, 

Nicolas

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