On Dec 14, 2014, at 8:48 PM, Kurt Hindenburg wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2014, at 8:58 PM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > >> Moreover, it seems strange to implement this as a subport instead of a >> variant. Unless a subport is a -devel subport, it's not supposed to conflict >> with the main port. Variants are typically used to enable optional features; >> pinentry support thus seems like a natural fit for a variant. What is the >> implication of having lastpass-cli built with pinentry support? I'm not >> really clear on what pinentry is. > > My fault - I was under the impression we didn’t want to use variants anymore. > I’ll correct shortly. pinentry is gnupg’s way to enter pin/password via > dialogs.
Variants are still used, where appropriate. Enabling optional features of a program is an appropriate use of a variant, assuming there's good reason not to just always enable the feature. Installing optional documentation is an appropriate use of a subport. _______________________________________________ macports-dev mailing list macports-dev@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-dev
