At 6:02 PM -0500 3/22/12, Ryan Schmidt wrote: >On Mar 22, 2012, at 07:38, Craig Treleaven wrote: > >> I've been running MythTV on Mac OS X for a number of years. >> <http://www.mythtv.org/> The core functionality is wonderful but the build >> and install process on Mac is pretty darn painful! > >Sounds like an ideal application of MacPorts to encapsulate the pain and make >it easier for the end user. > > >> dependencies--Nokia's QT plus several libraries, MySQL, and some Perl >> modules just for the core system. I'm done some searching and I think >> MacPorts has existing ports for all the dependencies except two Perl modules. > >We certainly have qt4-mac and mysql5 and perl5.12 and they're pretty >frequently-used ports so we're pretty sure they work ok. Perl module ports are >easy to create using the cpan2port script. > > >> So, am I crazy? I'm not a developer but I've been building my own MythTV >> system with the Perl script for some years. I'd like to contribute to a >> better all-Mac MythTV experience but I would certainly need a bunch of help >> and support to get a functioning MacPorts port file. Anybody else >> interested? > >If you need help converting your perl build scripts to portfiles let us know >(on the macports-dev mailing list). If need be, you can even make the portfile >as simple as calling your perl build script. First you probably need to answer >how many ports there will be. If mythtv is a system that has several >components that can be used independently or optionally, making several >separate ports (or one port with several subports) would probably be best.
Thanks Ryan, I'll take it to the macports-dev list for more specifics. Craig _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macports-users
