The 'platforms' field of a Portfile is currently both _required_ and _ignored_. By the Guide,
A list of the platforms on which the port has been tested. Required, but not interpreted in any way by the software at this time; it is purely informational for users. Also, it is allowed to say .e.g. "freebsd" but not e.g. "openbsd". I propose that the 'platforms' field be no longer required if it is ignored, and if it stays, let it be a free form text, as opposed to a predefined definitive list of all unixes. Better yet, drop it altogether. The fact that I tested on Solaris or Debian means nothing regarding the MP port. I have also tested it on darwin of course, but that goes without saying. (What would be kinda useful is if it pointed to the actual _ports_ on the other systems - often there are things we can learn, as they battle a lot of the same GNUisms etc. For example, the patch for opus https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/1217 is basically the OpenBSD patch for opus. So if opus 'platforms' pointed to http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/ports/audio/opus/ it would be usefull. Unlike now.) Jan